Question follow-through · 103369
Roads: Caravans and Motorhomes
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
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 6 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jan 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Jan 2026
Question tabled
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
8 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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15 Jan 2026
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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