Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 101106

Roads: Lighting

Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026

Question

Victoria Collins

Liberal DemocratHarpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on minimum lighting levels required on residential roads.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The management of street lighting in England is the responsibility of local highway authorities, who have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the public highways in their charge, including street lighting. Authorities do not have ...

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