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Traffic Lights: Invertebrates

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to help prevent slugs entering traffic light controller boxes.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
9 Sept 2025
Target answer date
11 Sept 2025
Answer
16 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to help prevent slugs entering traffic light controller boxes.

  2. 11 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Responsibility for the design, installation and maintenance of traffic signal equipment, including controller cabinets, lies with the relevant local traffic authority. It is for them to ensure they procure equipment suitable for the conditions in which it...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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