Roads: Lighting

Mr. Dai Davies
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the potential effect on (a) energy usage and (b) expenditure of the installation of environmentally-friendly LED street lights.

Dan Norris
I have been asked to reply.

No analysis has been carried out specifically to estimate the energy usage and cost of LED street lighting. However, DEFRA is in the process of updating its 2008 consultation on sustainable products. The consultation is published via the Government’s Market Transformation Programme and more information is available on its website at:

www.mtprog.com/cms/whitepaper

The updated paper includes a section on the energy efficiency of street and traffic lighting and will be published shortly for consultation.