Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing for the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Services to formulate a single national secure parking standard.

There are no current plans for the Government to support or endorse a secure parking standard.

The Department for Transport established a Task and Finish Group (TFG) on HGV Facilities which reported in January 2025. This 12-month, industry-led forum was focussed on industry actions to improve capacity for safe and secure HGV parking and driving industry adoption of existing HGV parking Standards. NaVCIS was an active member of the TFG.

There are three HGV parking standards currently available:

• Police Crime Prevention Initiative’s Park Mark Freight
• Transport Asset Protection Association’s Parking Security Requirements, and the
• EU’s Safe and Secure Truck Parking Areas.

The TFG explored whether an additional parking standard was needed but concluded that this was not required.