Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on UK hauliers of EU hauliers breaking cabatoge rules in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Responsibility for the enforcement of cabotage lies with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and in the last five years, DVSA has stopped and checked over 290,000 non-GB vehicles.

Cabotage is a small part of the haulage market - in the UK about 1% of domestic journeys are operated by foreign hauliers under cabotage. The rate of cabotage infringements is generally low. In the first three quarters of 2016/17, of the approximately 37,500 cabotage checks made by DVSA, only around 0.6% led to a prohibition.