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Written question asked by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Friday, 19 February 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 February 2016 (named day). It was answered by Andrew Jones (Conservative) on Wednesday, 24 February 2016 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


M6: Accidents

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) effectiveness of the level of co-operation between local authorities, the emergency services and Highways England in connection with the incident on the M6 Motorway between junctions 5 and 6 on Thursday 4 February 2016.

Answer

The structured debrief for this incident was carried out by Highways England on 10 February and included a representative from Central Motorway Police Group.

Three recommendations relating to multi-agency coordination resulted from this meeting and Highways England will continue to work closely with these agencies to take away the lessons learned.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
27355
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Accidents Emergency services Local government M6 Highways England
Link
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