§ Mr. McLeavyasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will state, for each of the traffic areas, the number of prosecutions and convictions, respectively, for infringements of statutory regulations in the Road Traffic Acts re-
NUMBER OF PROSECUTIONS TAKEN AND CONVICTIONS SE-CURED RELA TING TO IIIL KEEPING OF RECORDS (GOODS VEHICLES) AND HOURS OF WORK (GOODS VEHICLES AND PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES) DURING THE LICENSING YEARS ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER AND 31ST MARCH RESULTING FROM THE OPERATION OF GOODS AND PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES RESPECTIVELY FOR 1956, 1957 AND 1958 (The numbers of cases in which penalties imposed exceeded e guineas are shown in brackets) Traffic Ares Licensing year Keeping of Records—Goods Vehi-cles Driver's Hours Goods Vechicles Public Service Vechicles Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convicions Northern … 1956 234 226 (68) 174 160 (42) 15 15 (—) 1957 84 83 (4) 35 30 (2) — — 1958 107 107 (4) 75 75 (13) — — Yorkshire … 1956 2,332 2,320 (288) 1,061 983 (117) — — 1957 753 752 (72) 320 305 (52) 1 1 (—) 1958 1,775 1,625 (159) 809 674 (177) — — North 1956 653 502 (31) 503 374 (21) — — Western 1957 155 151 (12) 19 14 (5) — — 5958 456 443 (21) 38 15 (2) — — West Midland 1956 492 492 (61) 424 424 (49) 49 49 (14) 1957 267 267 (39) 156 156 (64) 10 10 (1) 1958 540 526 (146) 473 473 (135) — — East Midland 1956 306 306 (13) 198 198 (12) — — 1957 114 114 (8) 118 116 (13) 2 2 (1) 1958 663 638 (29) 309 293 (22) 32 32 (15) Eastern … 1956 471 400 (2) 72 450 (12) 2 2 (—) 1957 177 171 (2) 77 70 (14) — — 1958 854 679 (13) 647 557 (16) — — South Wales 1956 48 29 (4) 23 23 (4) — — 1957 27 19 (4) — — — — 1958 98 79 (27) 24 6 (3) — — Western … 1956 286 286 (16) 310 303 (6) 2 2 (—) 1957 51 50 (23) 39 39 (11) 4 4 (—) 1958 642 638 (125) 520 510 (45) — — South Eastern 1956 330 330 (24) 42 42 (9) — — 1957 393 393 (11) 81 81 (9) — — 1958 1,049 1,041 (36) 169 164 (16) 5 5 (1) Metropolitan 1956 876 682 (39) 496 340 (22) 22 22 (—) 1957 378 327 (62) 89 72 (11) — — 1958 1,050 1,008 (79) 423 243 (27) 4 4 (4) Scotland … 1956 269 269 (16) 39 39 (33) — — 1957 150 144 (19) 61 49 (29) — — 1958 287 287 (33) 72 72 (41) — — TOTALS … 1956 6,297 5,542 (562) 3,742 3,336 (327) 90 90 (14) 1957* 2,549 2,471 (256) 995 932 (210) 17 17 (2) 1958 7,521 7,071 (672) 3,559 3,082 (497) 41 41 (20) * NOTE: Enforcement activities be-tween December, 1956, and May, 1957, were suspended as examiners were employed on fuel rationing.
§ Mr. McLeavyasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation the number of goods vehicles and public service 116W lating to the keeping of records and hours of work in each of the years 1956, 1957 and 1958; and if he will state, for each of these years, the number of convictions in which the penalty imposed by the magistrates' courts exceeded three guineas.
§ Mr. WatkinsonThe following is the information
vehicles authorised under carriers' licences and public service licences during the licensing years ended 30th September 117W and 31st March, respectively, for 1956, 1957 and 1958 for each of the traffic areas.
NUMBER OF GOODS AND PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES AUTHORISED UNDER CARRIERS' LICENCES AND PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLE LICENCES AS AT 30TH SEPTEMBER AND 31ST MARCH RESPECTIVELY FOR 1956, 1957 AND 1958 Traffic Area Goods Vehicles Public Service Vehicles 1956 1957 1958 1956 1957 1958 Northern … 53,250 57,742 60,073 4,787 4,776 4,708 Yorkshire … 100,390 108,612 113,150 6,612 6,611 6,692 North Western … 165,028 176,919 186,688 11,429 11,148 11,242 West Midland … 114,446 123,584 125,805 7,148 7,079 6,924 East Midland … 89,984 97,406 99,560 5,440 5,486 5,393 Eastern … 62,893 67,629 69,593 3,158 3,119 3,113 South Wales … 40,926 44,737 45,938 4,014 4,049 3,946 Western … 76,385 80,408 82,374 5,996 5,936 5,863 South Eastern … 74,666 78,526 79,697 6,451 6,432 6,432 Metropolitan … 291,950 312,878 319,824 10,990 10,798 10,596 Scotland … 92,498 97,180 97,997 8,447 8,743 8,913 TOTALS … 1,162,416 1,245,621 1,280,699 74,472 74,177 73,822