Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 83155
Roads: Summertime
Tabled: 17 October 2025
Answered: 23 October 2025
Question
Alex Mayer
Labour — Dunstable 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 GreenwoodThe 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.