Question follow-through · 48314
Roads: Lighting
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to issue updated guidance to local authorities on balancing carbon reduction initiatives with pedestrian and road user safety in relation to street lighting.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 25 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 6 May 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to issue updated guidance to local authorities on balancing carbon reduction initiatives with pedestrian and road user safety in relation to street lighting.
29 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 May 2025
Answer published
The management of street lighting in England is the responsibility of local highway authorities, such as Dorset Council. They have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the public highways in their charge, including street lighting....
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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