<p>The policy for installing the same traffic sign on both sides of minor (and all other) roads is set out in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016, as amended, which provides for both one or two traffic signs. The relevant local authority has responsibility for deciding how many to place depending on site circumstance and their own local transport policy.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport does not hold any information about how much was spent on the installation and maintenance of traffic signs on minor roads in small villages in England in the financial year 2022–23 or whether the number of those traffic signs has increased over the past decade.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of sign installation and maintenance costs on minor roads in small villages in England for any year because that is a devolved budgetary matter for local authorities.</p>