Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 21686

Special Escort Group

Tabled: 3 January 2025

Answered: 9 January 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2024 to Question 19468 on Special Escort Group, on what statutory basis the police are able to (a) stop and direct traffic and (b) exceed speed limits in non-emergency situ

Answer

Lilian Greenwood

Powers for police to stop and direct traffic are set out in sections 35, 37 and 163 of the Road Traffic Act 1988.The exemption for speed is set out in section 87(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. The exemption to speed does not require there to ...

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