Special Escort Group
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what statutory basis the Special Escort Group is able to disapply (a) highways and (b) speeding restrictions; and whether she has a statutory role in this process.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood
The Special Escort Group have the same road traffic exemptions and powers to stop and direct traffic as any other uniformed police officers, where necessary in the execution of their duty.
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