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Speed Limits: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to reduce speed limits on roads outside of schools to 20 miles per hour or below during school (a) hours, (b) arrival times and (c) collection times.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 5 Mar 2026
Target answer date: 10 Mar 2026
Answer: 10 Mar 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

5 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to reduce speed limits on roads outside of schools to 20 miles per hour or below during school (a) hours, (b) arrival times and (c) collection times.
10 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Mar 2026
Answer published
Local traffic authorities have the power to set 20mph speed limits where people and traffic mix, for example outside schools. They can also set enforceable 20mph limits that apply only at certain times of day, for example at school drop-off and pick-up ti...

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