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Special Escort Group

Asked by Nick TimothyConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 16 December 2024UIN 19468

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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