§ Mr. Coombsasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on his review of timings on pedestrian crossings which are heavily used by elderly people.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThere are two changes to the timings which could be provided to assist elderly people at pelican crossings. The first is to delay the start of the flashing amber signal to traffic by two seconds. This requires a change to the Pelican Pedestrian Crossing Regulations and General Directions 1969 (as amended) which are currently being revised. The other change is to increase the green man time by two seconds. This change will be implemented nationally at the same time that the regulations are revised, but some local authorities have already increased this timing in advance.