Roads: Freight
(asked on 11th February 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of road freight in the UK is carried by (a) UK-based and (b) non-UK based hauliers; and if he will make a statement.
This question was answered on 19th February 2019
Of goods moved within the UK in 2017, 99% were carried by UK-registered HGVs and 1% by EU-registered HGVs.
Of goods lifted to and from the UK in 2017: 37.8 million tonnes were by EU-registered HGVs, 7.4 million by GB-registered HGVs and 4.7 million tonnes by Northern Ireland registered HGVs.