Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice her Department provides to police forces to help tackle pony and trap racing on public highways.

How the police carry out enforcement, exercise their powers and deploy their available resources on public highways are operational matters for Chief Officers.

They will decide what the most effective response is to deal with pony and trap racing in the local area, and also to deter offenders and take preventative action.