Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to address the shortage of sanitary facilities available to HGV drivers throughout the UK.

The Health and Safety Executive has clarified that sanitary facilities must be made available to visiting drivers, such as those delivering at distribution centres. It intends to publish revised guidance to this effect later this year. The Department will continue to work with stakeholders and the Health and Safety Executive to ensure that the change is effectively communicated to relevant parties.

In addition, the Department is working to increase the availability of formal overnight lorry parking, with adequate driver welfare facilities. Ministers have written to local planning authorities to draw attention to the shortage in certain areas and Highways England are reviewing landholdings that could be suitable for development as lorry parking.