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Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an estimate of the number of additional lorry drivers required when volumetric concrete mixers operate at the standard weight limit for HGVs.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
22 Apr 2025
Answer
28 Apr 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an estimate of the number of additional lorry drivers required when volumetric concrete mixers operate at the standard weight limit for HGVs.

  2. 22 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The call for evidence on Volumetric Concrete Mixers (VCMs) conducted by the Department for Transport from October to December 2023 was an opportunity for respondents to present evidence, but it did not reveal significant new evidence supporting a change i...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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