Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to set National Highways key performance indicators for cleaning up litter.

The Government intends to set National Highways a performance indicator (PI) for cleaning up litter on their roads as part of a wide range of performance indicators for the third Road Investment Strategy (RIS3) period, covering the years 2026/27 to 2030/31. RIS3 will be published in March 2026.