Large Goods Vehicles: Speed Limits

Home Office written question – answered at on 28 November 2025.

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Photo of Rupert Lowe Rupert Lowe Independent, Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of sharing information between Border Force and Kent Police on HGV drivers that repeatedly break the speed limit.

Photo of Sarah Jones Sarah Jones The Minister of State, Home Department

The allocation of resources and deployment of officers in Kent is an operational matter for Kent Police’s Chief Constables to determine in line with local policing plans and in conjunction with their Police and Crime Commissioners.

Excess speed is a major cause of death and serious injury on our roads and anyone who breaks the speed limit should expect to face proper sanction.

Any form of dangerous or inconsiderate driving behaviour is a serious road safety issue. We expect all drivers to observe the speed limit.

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