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Road Signs and Markings

Asked by Alex SobelLabour (Co-op)Department for TransportTabled Answered 23 January 2026UIN 107126

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of creating a new brown tourist sign for ruined abbeys that excludes the depiction of a spire to prevent confusion between ruined abbeys and worki

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Department has made no assessment of the potential merits of creating a new brown tourist sign for ruined abbeys.

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