Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to review the compensation arrangements for motorists who received speeding fines while driving on motorways with variable speed limits; and if he will make a statement.

Variable speed limits are set on smart motorways below the normal national motorway speed limit of 70mph at busy times to help reduce congestion and keep vehicles moving. They improve road safety and enable more reliable journey times for motorists, by managing the flow of traffic on the strategic road network.

Highways England will continue to improve the use of technology across England’s motorways, and have recently announced that they will be further improving the effectiveness of variable speed limits. In any case, however, motorists who have received speeding fines for driving in excess of the speed limit on motorways with variable speed limits have broken the law, and no compensation arrangements are planned.