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Motorway Service Areas: Leasehold

Asked by Natalie FleetLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 7 April 2025UIN 42742

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with motorway service area operators on the renewal of leases of those areas.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

Government owns the freehold of 19 motorway service areas. The DfT is in discussions with the operators regarding the future of the leases, recognising that many of these expire from around 2030. The nature of these discussions means they are commercially confidential.

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