Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an asssessment of the potential merits of identifying a National Freight Network.

The UK has a complex national freight system handling millions of transactions every day. The merits of increasing our understanding of this system to inform policy making, regulation and investment interventions are well understood, and this Government is improving its data and analytical capabilities to do so. This will enable stronger interventions, including those that may be delivered through spatial corridor and network approaches.