Question follow-through · 75380
Large Goods Vehicles: Parking
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the availability of (a) safe, (b) secure and (c) good quality truck parking; and what plans her Department has to reopen the HGV parking and driver welfare grant schem
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 5 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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- Large Goods Vehicles: Parking · 12 Feb 2026
- Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities · 12 Feb 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the availability of (a) safe, (b) secure and (c) good quality truck parking; and what plans her Department has to reopen the HGV parking and driver welfare grant schem
9 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Department for Transport published the National Survey of Lorry Parking on 29th September 2022 which highlighted what improvements to lorry parking facilities were most needed. The survey showed an average shortage of around 4,500 HGV parking spaces f...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Large Goods Vehicles: Parking
12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that there is adequate lorry parking provision and welfare facilities for freight drivers.
Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities
12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure freight drivers have adequate secure facilities for overnight and welfare stops.