Craig Mackinlay – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Craig Mackinlay on 2016-03-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the HGV road user levy.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The Government published an assessment of the effectiveness of the HGV levy in a written statement on 15 June 2015. The levy was introduced, on time, in April 2014. It raised £192.5m in its first year, with £46.5m of that coming from foreign hauliers. Compliance in Great Britain is high at around 95%, and over 3,000 fixed penalties were issued in the first year.