Driving: Young People

Department for Transport written question – answered at on 26 March 2025.

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Photo of Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Dodds Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for the Future of Roads in the debate on Road Safety: Young Drivers on 28 January 2025, Official Report, column 49WH, which interventions examined by the Driver2020 research project will be taken forward.

Photo of Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Dodds Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for the Future of Roads in the debate on Road Safety: Young Drivers on 28 January 2025, Official Report, column 49WH, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of international evidence on (a) lower or zero alcohol limits and (b) minimum learning periods for young drivers.

Photo of Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Dodds Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport on 28 January 2025 in the debate on Road Safety: Young Drivers, Official Report, Column 49-51WH, what steps she is taking to support local-level interventions to make roads safer.

Photo of Lilian Greenwood Lilian Greenwood Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

As work progresses on the new road safety strategy, we are considering measures, including those in the Driver2020 project, and assessing their potential impacts to tackle the root causes of young driver collisions without unfairly penalising young drivers.

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