Question follow-through · 123536
Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is he taking to improve the availability of secure, well-lit, and gender-appropriate rest facilities for HGV drivers.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 24 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 27 Mar 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is he taking to improve the availability of secure, well-lit, and gender-appropriate rest facilities for HGV drivers.
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Mar 2026
Answer published
Through the HGV Parking and Driver Welfare Grant Scheme, the Government and industry are delivering up to £35.7 million of joint investment to upgrade truck stops in 30 counties across England, improving both safety and working conditions for drivers. The...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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