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Roads: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to improve road safety in West Dorset constituency.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
4 Oct 2024
Target answer date
8 Oct 2024
Answer
11 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to improve road safety in West Dorset constituency.

  2. 8 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The safety of our roads is an absolute priority for this Government and will support our health mission. Since the general election, the Department has begun work on a new Road Safety Strategy, the first in over a decade. We will set out next steps on thi...

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