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Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Training

Commons · Question 92492 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 26 Nov 2025

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Asked by Charlie Maynard

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps they are taking to increase skills and training opportunities to become HGV drivers.

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Answered by Andrew Western, 26 Nov 2025

The government offers a range of skills training which can be used to support the HGV sector. This includes apprenticeships such as the Urban Driver and Large Goods Vehicle (LGV) driver C + E standards, Skills Bootcamps, and sector-based work academy prog...