Consultation outcome

Proposal to change the allocations process in the longer semi-trailer trial

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 11 June 2013
• Last updated: 13 September 2013 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

The government’s summary of responses and outcomes for the consultation to change the allocations process in the longer semi-trailer trial

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The government’s summary of responses and outcomes for the consultation to change the allocations process in the longer semi-trailer trial

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Detail of outcome

Following the consultation to change the allocations process for the longer semi-trailer trial, the government has considered the responses in its summary which is now published alongside a summary of the outcomes.

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Original consultation

Summary

Seeking views on a proposal to make the allocation process in the trial more effective and increase the uptake of the remaining allocation.

This consultation ran from
11 June 2013 to 11:45pm on 9 July 2013

Consultation description

The trial of longer semi-trailers has now been running since January 2012. Given the current rate of take-up of both lengths of longer semi-trailer (14.6 metres and 15.65 metres), it is highly unlikely that the total target allocation of 1800 longer semi-trailers made available to operators in the trial will be reached by the cut-off date of 31 December 2013.

In order to address this and other issues and help meet demand from operators who do not have enough, or any allocation, of longer semi-trailers, the department believes that it would be better to change the allocation process now rather than wait until the current allocations expire in December.

This consultation therefore seeks views on a proposal to help make the allocation process more effective and to increase the uptake of the remaining allocation.

Documents

The longer semi-trailer trial: consultation on a proposal to change the allocations process

PDF, 60.1 KB, 12 pages

The longer semi-trailer trial: consultation on a proposal to change the allocations process

MS Word Document, 126 KB

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Published 11 June 2013
Last updated 13 September 2013 + show all updates

1. 13 September 2013

   Added consultation responses document.

2. 11 June 2013

   First published.