PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions (16 July 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his news story, Idling drivers could face higher fines under new government crackdown, published 29 June 2019, what progress he has made on proposals to charge idling drivers higher fines.

Asked by:
Darren Jones (Labour)

Existing guidance to Local Authorities makes clear that fines should be dispensed to motorists only as a last resort. The priority must be to change motorists’ behaviour – to encourage them not to idle, which after all is wasting their fuel, and instead to encourage motorists towards using the technological solutions now available.

Answered by:
Andrew Stephenson (Conservative)
23 July 2020