Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of support for the police to tackle breaches of HGV restrictions.

Police have a range of powers to direct HGV drivers suspected of breaching restrictions off the road and issue fixed penalty notices for breaches. Enforcement of these powers is an operational matter for local forces.

The police are supported in their HGV enforcement activities by the DVSA who also undertake enforcement activity on HGVs and share information and access to databases.