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Roads: Lighting

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on local highways authorities delivering carbon savings by turning off street lighting at night.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Department for Transport
Tabled
12 Dec 2024
Target answer date
16 Dec 2024
Answer
18 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 12 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on local highways authorities delivering carbon savings by turning off street lighting at night.

  2. 16 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The management of street lighting in England is the responsibility of local highway authorities, and it is for each local highway authority to decide the level of service they wish their street lighting network to deliver, and at what times. In reaching t...

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