Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on identifying a National Freight Network; and when he expects that work to be completed and published.

Work to identify a National Freight Network is at the scoping stage. In keeping with the process to develop the Future of Freight plan, the Department will work closely with the freight and logistics sector on the identification of a network, and the timetable for this.