Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 103496

Large Goods Vehicles: Coastal Areas and Rural Areas

Tabled: 6 January 2026
Answered: 9 January 2026

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of rising and unpredictable police escort costs on the abnormal load haulage sector and the wider tourism supply chain, particularly in rural and coastal areas.

Answer

Keir Mather
The Department for Transport has not assessed the impact of police escort costs on the abnormal load haulage sector and the wider tourism supply chain.The provision and charging for police escorts is an operational matter for individual police forces. We ...
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