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HGV Parking and Driver Welfare Grant Scheme

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 24 March 2026UIN 122281

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2026 to Question 110890, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the HGV Parking and Driver Welfare Matched Funding Scheme.

Answered by Keir Mather

The Department for Transport has commissioned an independent evaluation of the HGV Parking and Driver Welfare Matched Funding Scheme, to consider the application and delivery process, the role of the scheme in improving lorry driver facilities in England and the impact of the site improvements for drivers. The report is due to be published in Summer 2026.

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