Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
(asked on 1st November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has made to improve the (a) recruitment of and (b) the retention of HGV drivers.
This question was answered on 7th November 2022
The Government has invested £34 million to train up to 11,000 more people to become HGV drivers, provided funding support for apprenticeships, and the Department of Work and Pensions has used the Job Centre Plus network to support appropriate jobseekers to train as drivers. The Government also has plans to invest in improving roadside facilities in England, details of which will be published in the coming months.