PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Working Hours (3 September 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on road safety of his decision to extend the temporary relaxation of the enforcement of the retained EU drivers’ hours rules.

Asked by:
Matt Western (Labour)

The temporary relaxation to Drivers’ Hours rules offers flexibility to operators and permits HGV drivers to either increase their daily driving limit from 9 hours to 11 hours up to two times in a week, or to change their weekly rest patterns. Reduced rest periods must be compensated for.

Implementation of the relaxation should be through agreement between employers, employees, and driver representatives. Operators must notify the Department if this relaxation is used.

Driver safety must not be compromised, and employers remain responsible for the health and safety of their employees and other road users.

Answered by:
Rachel Maclean (Conservative)
8 September 2021