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1435571

registered interest
date	25/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that there is an adequate supply of rest areas for HGV drivers.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	129895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the need to ensure hauliers have access to appropriate services and facilities.</p><p>We are aware of the concerns expressed by many HGV drivers about the provision, quality and value of lorry parking in the UK. We have announced £32.5 million in new funding to improve roadside facilities for hauliers and are undertaking a new National Lorry Parking Survey supported by direct industry engagement to help identify where improvements are most needed. We continue to engage with key stakeholders to encourage the development of safe, secure and high-quality lorry parking.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework already sets out that local planning policies and decisions should recognise the importance of providing overnight lorry parking facilities, taking into account any local shortages, to reduce the risk of parking in locations that lack proper facilities or could cause a nuisance.</p><p>The Government recently published a Written Ministerial Statement to reinforce the importance of providing hauliers with access to parking and services.</p><p>The Department for Transport continues to work with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUCH) to highlight the criteria and consideration for lorry parking with Local Authorities.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 03/03/2022 11:16:50 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1422926

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve rest facilities for HGV drivers and (b) ensure the safety of lorries in refuge areas.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	125464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>(a) The Government recognises the need to ensure hauliers have access to appropriate services and facilities.</p><p>We are aware of the concerns expressed by many HGV drivers about the provision, quality and value of lorry parking in the UK. We have announced £32.5 million in new funding to improve roadside facilities for hauliers and are undertaking a new National Lorry Parking Survey supported by direct industry engagement to help identify where improvements are most needed. We continue to engage with key stakeholders to encourage the development of safe, secure and high-quality lorry parking.</p><p>(b) Safety remains our top priority and our motorways are the safest type of road in the country.</p><p>On motorways where the hard shoulder has been converted to a traffic lane, there is a whole system of inter-related features, working together to help drivers. They include clearly signed and orange-coloured emergency areas set back from the road to provide greater protection than a hard shoulder and with telephones linking directly to our control rooms.</p><p>Emergency areas are available for when a driver has no alternative but to stop and it has not been possible to leave the motorway or reach a motorway service area. They are approximately 100 meters long (the average length of a football pitch) by 4.6 meters wide and set back from the left-hand edge of the motorway.</p><p>A Smart Motorway Driver Education Course was designed and developed jointly between National Highways and Logistics UK specifically for the freight sector. Its core objective is to help improve drivers’ understanding of smart motorways and how to use them. It is available free of charge and is recognised by JAUPT (the Joint Approvals Unit for Periodic Training) as part of professional drivers’ formal accreditation. Since its launch in 2018 it has been supplied to more than 150 organisations with almost 400 courses delivered to more than 2,800 delegates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 24/02/2022 10:08:35 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1399568

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve roadside facilities for HGV drivers.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	96762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the need to ensure hauliers have access to appropriate services and facilities.</p><p> </p><p>We will be investing £32.5 million in roadside facilities for HGV drivers on the road.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to engage with key stakeholders to encourage the development of more safe, secure, and high-quality lorry parking to improve driver welfare.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 07/01/2022 14:51:13 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1364037

registered interest
date	27/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve roadside facilities for HGV drivers.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	64642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the need to ensure hauliers have access to appropriate services and facilities.</p><p> </p><p>This week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced we will be investing £32.5 million in roadside facilities for HGV drivers on the road.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will continue to engage with key stakeholders to encourage the development of more safe, secure, and high-quality lorry parking to improve driver welfare.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 04/11/2021 12:42:30 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1361902

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to encourage more rest stop facilities to be made available for lorry drivers on the UK's road freight transport routes; and if he will examine all options for what more could be done to increase the number of facilities available to those drivers.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	59714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the need to ensure hauliers have access to appropriate services and facilities.</p><p> </p><p>Building on a 2020 review, my Department continues to engage with key stakeholders to encourage the development of safe, secure and high-quality lorry parking. This includes the sharing of information and good practice, such as overcoming planning barriers to the development of lorry parks, improving standards of security / facilities to improve driver welfare and exploring the benefits of innovation and new technology.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 27/10/2021 16:09:29 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1360213

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) access to and (b) quality of service station facilities for haulage drivers in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Holly Mumby-Croft
uin	57473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>We recognise the important contribution that hauliers make to the nation’s economy and are aware of the concerns expressed by many drivers, operators and residents about the provision and quality of lorry parking in the UK. We are committed to looking at both established and new approaches to increase the provision for improved overnight lorry parking in England, along with developing innovative approaches to provide more capacity.</p><p>Through the Department for Transport (DfT) Circular 02/2013 &quot;The Strategic Road Network and the Delivery of Sustainable Development&quot;, we ensure that Motorway Service Area operators provide, at a minimum, free short-term parking for up to two hours for all types of vehicle allowing people to take a break, use the facilities and or eat a meal as required.</p><p>Building on a 2020 review of lorry parking, the department continues to engage with key stakeholders to encourage the development of safe, secure and high-quality lorry parking. This includes the sharing of information and good practice, such as overcoming planning barriers to the development of lorry parks, improving standards of security and facilities to improve driver welfare, and exploring the benefits of innovation and new technology.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/10/2021 12:18:33 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4867 label Biography information for Holly Mumby-Croft

1358779

registered interest
date	11/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make more rest stop facilities, such as toilets and wash facilities, available for lorry drivers on the principal UK transport routes.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2021 answer text <p>Lorry drivers play a vital role in keeping Britain moving, and the Government understands the need to ensure adequate facilities are available to them .</p><p> </p><p>We have already amended planning guidelines to encourage futher development of facilities and are exploring options for what more could be done.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 14/10/2021 14:30:26 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1343699

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage the development of high quality rest stops for the benefit of HGV drivers.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	27336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>On the 24 July 2018, the Government issued a revised version of the National Planning Policy Framework that now indicates that the need for sufficient overnight lorry parking should be considered in planning policies and decisions. My Department continues to work with the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to enhance this further with Local Authorities and to highlight the criteria and consideration for HGV lorry parking applications.</p><p>I recognise that there are long standing issues around driver welfare, including adequate safe and secure HGV parking with acceptable facilities for drivers. We are committed to progressing work to support the strategic and long-term development of lorry parking provisions and are looking at both established and new approaches to increase the provision for improved overnight lorry parking in England. We are also keen to explore with the industry innovative alternative approaches to provide more parking capacity and better facilities to improve HGV driver welfare</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 12/07/2021 10:52:36 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1284890

registered interest
date	08/02/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that haulage workers making long journeys are able to access (a) drive-throughs, (b) take-away restaurants and (c) toilet facilities.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Holly Mumby-Croft
uin	150980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2021 answer text <p>In seeking to support hauliers at this difficult time, the Secretary of State has written to and continues to remind all Motorway Service Area (MSA) operators of the importance of staying open and providing as many facilities as possible to Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) drivers while adhering to public health guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>All motorway service stations in England can remain open to HGV drivers and essential workers, providing takeaway food only, toilet facilities and fuel. MSAs have also been given an exemption, along with other transport hubs, to have their seating within the concourse still available throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, because they offer a safe place for HGV drivers and other key workers to stop and rest.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport has published a joint letter with the Health and Safety Executive on gov.uk, reminding businesses of their legal obligation to provide toilet and handwashing facilities to drivers visiting their premises as part of their work.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 16/02/2021 11:01:38 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4867 label Biography information for Holly Mumby-Croft