A question on #SpecialEscortGroup tabled by Mr Richard Holden on 03-01-2025 has been answered by Lilian Greenwood.

Heading: Special Escort Group
Question ID: 1752162
UIN: 21686
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-01-03
Asking Member ID: 4813
Asking Member display name: Mr Richard Holden
Asking Member handle: RicHolden
Asking Member Twitter reference: @RicHolden
Member interest: false
Question text: 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
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Date answered: 2025-01-09
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Answering Member ID: 4029
Answering Member display name: Lilian Greenwood
Answering Member handle: LilianGreenwood
Answering Member Twitter reference: @LilianGreenwood
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Answer text: 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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Answering body ID: 27
Answering body name: Department for Transport
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