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The Rural Roads Working Group will be part of the forthcoming Road Safety Strategic Framework.

We have not had discussions to date with Northern Ireland on their graduated driving licence schemes but we have asked officials to keep us

The Department for Transport allocates capital funding to local highways authorities so that they can most effectively spend it on maintaini

I thank my hon. Friend for his comments. Local highways maintenance is a critical service provided by local authorities.

I thank the hon. Member for his question.

There are 95,000 available car test slots at the moment, an increase of over 80,000 in the past six months thanks to the hard work of the Dr

Discrimination has absolutely no place in driving test centres. I advise the hon.

Decisions on setting local speed limits on roads are a matter for local authorities and they are democratically accountable for them.

We are reading the report with interest and looking into the details as we speak.

The operation of international ferry routes is primarily a commercial matter and as a result I have not discussed it with either Cabinet col