Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Working Hours

(asked on 30th December 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's guidance, Temporary relaxation of the enforcement of the EU drivers' hours rules: delivery of essential items to retailers, published on 10 December 2020 to be applicable for the period between 10 December and 30 December 2020, how many notification of relaxation forms his Department received; and whether he plans to extend the period of relaxed enforcement of those rules.


Answered by
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Rachel Maclean
This question was answered on 11th January 2021

The Department has received 90 notifications from operators indicating that they would be using the temporary relaxation of the enforcement of the EU drivers’ hours rules. The Department has not yet received the final notifications from all these operators about whether or not the relaxation was actually used. The relaxation ended on 30 December 2020 and there are no plans to extend this further given the current situation.

However, two separate and different relaxations of the enforcement of the EU drivers’ hours rules were granted (which both began on 23 December 2020 and will end on 22 January 2021). One is for the general haulage of goods in Great Britain and the other is for the international carriage of goods by road, related to substantial delays to border crossings. Details can be found on the gov.uk website.

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