Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the change in (1) operating costs, including fuel and energy, (2) training and recruitment costs, and (3) taxes and charges, incurred by the logistics sector in each year since 2010.

The Department for Transport (DfT) does not hold a formal assessment of these specific changes across the logistics sector. The Department is in regular contact with the logistics sector, and discussions do include the impacts of the wider economic environment. This cross-cutting industry operates within the private domain where costs are varied.

The following analysis, however, may be of relevance: the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero publishes weekly fuel prices from 2003 to the present day and the Office for National Statistics conducts a regular survey of business sectors on concerns such as energy prices and business rates.