Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of current waiting times of hauliers with goods to export to enter the Port of Dover.
The Department does not hold data on the average time spent by hauliers waiting in traffic to board a ferry at Dover. The Port of Dover operates a ‘turn up and go service’ meaning HGVs will be placed on to the first available ferry when they arrive at the Port. There may be an occasion when hauliers have to wait and this may be due to peak periods of traffic at the Port. The Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) is responsible for traffic management in Kent.