Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 108996

Freight: Insolvency

Tabled: 27 January 2026

Answered: 3 February 2026

Question

Dr Al Pinkerton

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate has been made of the number of business insolvencies in the UK road haulage sector in each of the past 10 years.

Answer

Blair McDougall

Estimated numbers of companies with the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code 49410 (Freight transport by road) that entered insolvency in the UK in each calendar year between 2016 and 2025 are presented in the table below.Calendar Year49410 – Fre...

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