Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advice he is issuing to UK haulage firms on setting up EU offices following the introduction of new haulage restrictions in the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement; what estimate he has made of the costs to those firms of doing so; and what Government support he plans to make available to companies which do so.
The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) will allow for the vast majority of haulage operations that were being undertaken by UK hauliers before the end of the transition period.
The Department is in regular contact with the road haulage industry to explain and provide guidance on the provisions of the TCA. For certain specialist tour operators, the Department is also working closely with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy to support the creative industries sector.
It is, however, not a matter for the Department for Transport to provide assistance or guidance to businesses to establish offices outside the UK.