Question follow-through · 117162

Freight: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a) enhanced lighting and b) CCTV at lorry parks on levels of freight crime.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 2 Mar 2026
Target answer date: 4 Mar 2026
Answer: 9 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

2 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a) enhanced lighting and b) CCTV at lorry parks on levels of freight crime.
4 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Department has not assessed the impact of secure lorry parking or enhanced lighting and CCTV at lorry parks on levels of freight crime. The 2022 survey of HGV parking in England identified a lack of security measures and secure parking as a priority f...

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