Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 103369

Roads: Caravans and Motorhomes

Tabled: 6 January 2026

Answered: 15 January 2026

Question

Jamie Stone

Liberal Democrat — Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the discrepancy between traffic regulations that encourage drivers to use lay-bys for rest breaks to improve road safety and caravan site licensing regula

Answer

Simon Lightwood

The Department has no such plans. Provision of lay-bys is a matter for local highway authorities. Advice to drivers on the safe use of roads, including taking appropriate breaks, is given in the Highway Code. There are no traffic regulations that encourag...

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