Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 83155

Roads: Summertime

Tabled: 17 October 2025
Answered: 23 October 2025

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

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.

Answer

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.