Question follow-through · 36290
Transport: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the capacity of the UK transport network to facilitate the delivery of Special Order category abnormal indivisible loads required to achieve the Government’s Net Zero
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 6 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
6 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the capacity of the UK transport network to facilitate the delivery of Special Order category abnormal indivisible loads required to achieve the Government’s Net Zero
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Mar 2025
Answer published
National Highways manage the High and Heavy Loads Grid on behalf of the Department to facilitate the movement of abnormal indivisible loads. Management of assets (such as bridges) is a devolved matter with responsibility falling to the relevant owner, suc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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