Charlotte Leslie – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2016-01-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what national guidelines her Department provides to police authorities on the closure of motorway lanes in the event of motorway traffic accidents.

Mike Penning

The Home Office has issued no guidance. How the police handle road traffic incidents is an operational matter for individual police Chief Officers, in conjunction with their Police and Crime Commissioners .