§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list details of road checks on light goods vehicles and passenger-carrying vehicles carried out by vehicle inspectorate staff during 1992; and how many vehicles were issued with defect notices or prohibition notices.
§ Mr. KeyThe vehicle inspectorate collects information on a financial rather than a calender year basis. The figures below relate to the financial year 1992–93.
Number Roadworthiness checks LGVs1 Number of vehicles checked 134,382 Number of prohibitions issued 18,786 Number of defect notices issued 18,379 PCVs2 Number of vehicles checked 29,542 Number of prohibitions issued 2,366 Number of defect notices issued 4,275 Vehicles examined LGVs 295,124 PCVs 40,508 Vehicles weighed or prohibited LGVs Number weighed 124,004 Number prohibited 6,987 1 Large goods vehicle 2 Passenger carrying vehicle These figures include 8,012 and 4,647 special partial checks on headlights and exhaust emissions on LGVs and PCVs respectively.
VI issues advisory defect notices only as part of its roadworthiness checks.
Traffic enforcement checks (checking driver hours and operator, vehicle and driver licences)