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Roads: Summertime

Asked by Alex MayerLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 23 October 2025UIN 83155

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of adopting single/double summer time on road safety.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The department has not made a recent assessment of the potential of adopting single/double summertime on road safety. The Government believes that the current daylight-saving arrangements represent the best possible use of the available daylight.

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