questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authority highways consultations are representative of the wider motoring public in circumstances where response rates comprise a statistically minor proportion of the local population.
answerText: Local authorities are responsible for designing and delivering consultation on highways schemes, reflecting the needs of their local areas. However, the Department provides guidance to support robust and inclusive engagement. The Department’s statutory gu...
heading: Roads: Public Consultation