Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2017 to Question 120798 on Speed Limits, when he plans to publish the final Atkins report on 20mph limit (signed only) zones; and if he will make a statement.

The Department commissioned the three-year research project on the effectiveness of 20mph speed limit schemes in June 2014. The research project was subsequently extended to allow for the inclusion of an additional piece of research to compare speed data from 20mph roads with 30mph roads.

Officials have had regular discussions and meetings throughout the research project with Atkins, Aecom and Professor Mike Maher, who were commissioned to carry out the research.

The Department plans to publish the final report later this year.