Written Question·Home Office·UIN 92375

Neighbourhood Policing: Speed Limits

Tabled: 18 November 2025
Answered: 28 November 2025

Question

Yuan Yang

LabourEarley and Woodley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the future viability of the Community Speedwatch Scheme.

Answer

Sarah Jones

Decisions on adopting the Community Speedwatch scheme, and other schemes, are operational matters for individual Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables to take, based on their local policing plans.

They are best placed to understand how to meet the needs of local communities.