Question follow-through · 103496

Large Goods Vehicles: Coastal Areas and Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of rising and unpredictable police escort costs on the abnormal load haulage sector and the wider tourism supply chain, particularly in rural and coastal areas.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 6 Jan 2026
Target answer date: 8 Jan 2026
Answer: 9 Jan 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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6 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of rising and unpredictable police escort costs on the abnormal load haulage sector and the wider tourism supply chain, particularly in rural and coastal areas.
8 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Department for Transport has not assessed the impact of police escort costs on the abnormal load haulage sector and the wider tourism supply chain.The provision and charging for police escorts is an operational matter for individual police forces. We ...

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