A12 (M11-Aldgate)

HC Deb 21 January 1988 vol 125 c831W

Mr. William Powell

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to improve the A12 trunk road between the M11 and Aldgate.

	1982–83	11983–84	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87
Heavy goods licence issues
Provisional	52,700	28,719	57,041	60,632	69,401
First full	24,721	12,553	25,036	27,426	28,823
Renewals	291,652	131,392	258,735	263,043	261,918
HGV licences withdrawn for various reasons	2,668	1,333	2,281	2,772	3,066
Public service licence issues	58,958	56,699	12,360	13,612	57,218
PSV licences withdrawn for medical reasons	412	419	659	895	1,173
1 The heavy goods vehicle driver licence data for this year reflect a change in the period of accounting.

Some 840,000 drivers held full HGV licences and 180,000 have full PSV entitlement.