Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many HGV (a) parking and (b) roadside welfare upgrade projects funded through the HGV Parking and Driver Welfare Fund have been completed; and when each was (i) started and (ii) completed.
The HGV Parking Matched Funding Grant Scheme (MFGS) was launched in 2022 to fund investment in HGV driver welfare facilities, lorry parking provision, site security, and decarbonisation.
These priorities were identified through the National Survey of Lorry Parking (2022) which also provided an estimate of the shortfall in on site overnight parking spaces in England.
A total of 69 projects that received funding from the MFGS have been completed to date.
Window 1 – Awarded on 11 September 2023
Total number of completed projects | 32 |
Total number of completed projects that include new parking spaces | 11 |
Total number of outstanding projects | 2 |
Total number of outstanding projects that include new parking spaces | 1 |
Window 2 – Awarded on 4 March 2024
Total number of completed projects | 32 |
Total number of completed projects that include new parking spaces | 15 |
Total number of outstanding projects | 4 |
Total number of outstanding projects that include new parking spaces | 0 |
Window 3 - Awarded on 10 October 2024
Total Number of completed projects | 5 |
Total number of completed projects that include new parking spaces | 4 |
Total Number of outstanding projects | 15 |
Total Number of outstanding projects that include new parking spaces | 9 |
Overall Total
Total number of completed projects | 69 |
Total number of completed projects that include new parking spaces | 30 |
Total number of outstanding Projects | 21 |
Total number of outstanding projects that include new parking spaces | 10 |