Question follow-through · 94153

Freight: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on the number of haulier businesses that have declared insolvency in each year between 2021 and 2024.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
25 Nov 2025
Target answer date
1 Dec 2025
Answer
1 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on the number of haulier businesses that have declared insolvency in each year between 2021 and 2024.

  2. 1 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    Estimated numbers of companies with the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes 49200 (Freight rail transport) and 49410 (Freight transport by road) that entered insolvency in the UK in each calendar year between 2021 and 2024 are presented in the ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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