Question follow-through · 86977
Roads: Horses
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with equestrian safety organisations on trends in the number of road incidents involving horses over the past five years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 30 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 4 Nov 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with equestrian safety organisations on trends in the number of road incidents involving horses over the past five years.
4 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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4 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads and my Department works with a broad range of stakeholders, including discussions with the British Horse Society, to help us achieve our aim. In 2022 The Highway ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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