§ Mr. GregoryTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what facilities motorway service areas offer to heavy goods vehicles and other professional drivers.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyMSAs provide for all motorway users. They provide a minimum stipulated and increasingly widely known level of service. This includes free parking for all classes of vehicle for at least two hours; free toilets; hot and cold drinks; cold food 24 hours a day throughout the year.
Parking areas for HGVs, coaches, and cars are apportioned in relation to traffic demand.
At all but one existing MSA, HGV drivers can stay overnight for a small charge which often includes a meal voucher. Many service areas provide separate eating facilities for commercial drivers and showers and shaving points. Provision of showers and shaving points will be the norm at new MSAs.