Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of adding HGV drivers to the Government's shortage occupation list.
We want to see employers make long term investments in the UK domestic workforce instead of relying on labour from abroad and our Plan for Jobs is helping people across the country retrain, build new skills and get back into work
Focusing on developing UK-based talent represents an enduring solution to address the long running HGV driver shortage.