HC Deb 15 November 1971 vol 826 cc47-8W
Mr. Michael Cocks

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions for insecure loads on lorries were instituted in the years 1960 to 1970, respectively.

Mr. Sharples

This information is not available, but in England and Wales, in 1970, 2,088 of the prosecutions for causing danger by reason of load—weight, distribution, packing or adjustment—related to goods vehicles. The corresponding figure for earlier years is not available.