Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 70338

Road Signs and Markings: Languages

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Andrew Rosindell

Reform UK — Romford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her department's policy to ban (a) bilingual and (b) and foreign language street signs.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Traffic signs are regulated through the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016. This does not permit languages other than English to be used in England. Traffic signs is a devolved matter with the Scottish and Welsh Governments being respon...
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