§ 79. Mr. Wolrige-Gordonasked the Minister of Transport what is the present 195W size of the lorry fleet now registered in Aberdeenshire; what are the categories of licences into which they are divided; and what total volume of freight they can handle.
Mr. Bob BrownAbout 8,700 goods vehicles hold excise licences issued in Aberdeenshire, including Aberdeen Borough Council. Of these 3,900 weigh unladen 1½ tons or less. A division between the various categories of carrier's licences is not readily available. The total volume of freight these vehicles can carry must depend upon the nature of the freight and the journeys undertaken, but if national averages for past operations are taken as a basis, the road goods vehicles registered in Aberdeenshire may be carrying about 12 million tons of freight a year.