HC Deb 16 June 2003 vol 407 c23W
Lembit Öpik

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans the Government have to introduce a speed hierarchy for rural roads; and if he will make a statement. [119926]

Mr. Jamieson

Following the publication of the Rural Road Hierarchy report in November 2001 we are progressing work to improve safety across our rural road network. This includes the development of a framework to assess what speeds are appropriate together with surveys of what speeds are actually being driven on rural roads. This will feed into other work including a review of the guidance on setting speed limits towards the end of the year.