Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 115907

Unadopted Roads

Tabled: 25 February 2026
Answered: 3 March 2026

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department collects on the number of unadopted roads going through the Section 38 process by local authority.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Department does not collect data on the number of roads that have been, or are currently being, adopted by local authorities. Decisions on whether to adopt a road rest with the relevant local authority, provided the road meets the necessary design sta...

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