Question follow-through · 9970
Motorway Service Areas: Large Goods Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on reducing planning barriers to the construction of new secure lorry parks and motorway service facilities
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 15 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
15 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on reducing planning barriers to the construction of new secure lorry parks and motorway service facilities
17 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises the importance of supporting appropriate development through the planning system. That is why, earlier this year, we consulted on a set of policies within the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) which looks to set out plann...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Members: Correspondence
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to respond to Question 2650 from the hon. Member for North Herefordshire.
Members: Correspondence
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to respond to Question 3077 from the hon. Member for Truro and Falmouth.
HM Coastguard: Conditions of Employment
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 8407 on HM Coastguard: Conditions of Employment, what criteria the Maritime and Coastguard Agency will use to determine the eligibility of Coastguard Rescue Of
Roads: Safety Barriers
17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 17 February 2026 to Question 111458, whether that data has been verified; and when National Highways plans to finalise the projected length of steel central reserve barrier to be repla
Driving Tests
22 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving examiners started to practice in May 2026.
HM Coastguard
22 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Coastguard Rescue Officers there were in each month since January 2024.
Driving Tests
22 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of practical driving test waiting times on learner drivers at Ashford (Kent) Driving Test Centre; and what steps she is taking to help (a) reduce waiting tim
Aviation
22 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many flights for non-UK nationals have been funded by her Department (a) directly and (b) through the Integrated Security Fund since 4 July 2024.
Structures Fund
22 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total budget is of the Structures Fund; how much and what percentage of that funding has been allocated to local highway authorities; and which schemes have received funding.
Aviation: Environment Protection
22 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled £219 million to power Britain's green aviation revolution, published on 16 June 2026, how much funding has been (a) allocated and (b) committed under th
Driverless Vehicles
22 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the regulatory regime for autonomous vehicles is supported by testing, validation and assurance frameworks that are sufficiently flexible to accommodate rapid
UK Airspace Design Support Fund
23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated to the Airspace Design Support Fund (a) in total and (b) to date.