Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 42742

Motorway Service Areas: Leasehold

Tabled: 31 March 2025
Answered: 7 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Natalie Fleet

LabourBolsover

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with motorway service area operators on the renewal of leases of those areas.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
Government owns the freehold of 19 motorway service areas. The DfT is in discussions with the operators regarding the future of the leases, recognising that many of these expire from around 2030. The nature of these discussions means they are commercially...

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