Question follow-through · 100862
Road Traffic Offences: Speed Limits
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide updated guidance to police forces on the enforcement of speed limits, in the context of the number of deaths caused by drivers exceeding the speed limit.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 17 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jan 2026 · 23 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide updated guidance to police forces on the enforcement of speed limits, in the context of the number of deaths caused by drivers exceeding the speed limit.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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9 Jan 2026
Answer published
Excess speed remains a major cause of death and serious injury on our roads. Anyone who breaks the speed limit should expect to face sanction.Current National Police Chiefs’ Council National Guidance on Speeding Enforcement advocates proportionality in ap...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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