The Government should give the logistics sector two years to deliver sufficient drivers and high-quality parking facilities. If industry does not deliver, the Government should implement the levy charging mechanism and cause the industry to pay sufficient sums for the Government to build these facilities and pay to train new drivers, so they do not have to pay the cost of their own training. Such a mechanism must be accompanied by Government planning reforms in order for the industry to be ab...

The Government should give the logistics sector two years to deliver sufficient drivers and high-quality parking facilities. If industry does not deliver, the Government should implement the levy charging mechanism and cause the industry to pay sufficient sums for the Government to build these facilities and pay to train new drivers, so they do not have to pay the cost of their own training. Such a mechanism must be accompanied by Government planning reforms in order for the industry to be able to deliver and avoid paying the Supply Chain Levy. Type: recommendation | Number: 18 | Paragraph: 58 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: The Government notes this recommendation. We have put in place 33 Government-led interventions to target the HGV driver shortage. Our interventions range from introducing skills bootcamps for the sector with 11,000 funded training places, to using our newfound Brexit freedoms to allow regular driver