Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will instruct Highways England to consider lane widening as part of its proposals to introduce variable speed limits through motorway emergency works.

As announced in Highways England’s 2018/2019 Delivery Plan, this year they will test whether it is safe to operate at 60mph through roadworks in certain circumstances.

These tests will include consideration of lane width. Highways England are responsible for developing these tests based on their knowledge of the network, driver behaviour and location-specific assessments.