Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 123413

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities

Tabled: 24 March 2026
Answered: 31 March 2026

Question

Mr Jonathan Brash

LabourHartlepool

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to publish a long-term strategy for improving driver welfare facilities.

Answer

Keir Mather
There are no current plans to publish a national strategy on HGV parking and welfare facilities. Work is underway in the Department to improve understanding of lorry parking capacity and demand and driver welfare needs, including a national survey of lorr...

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