HL Deb 14 December 1994 vol 559 cc122-3WA
Earl Attlee

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many vehicles taxed as recovery vehicles:

  1. (a) have a gross weight of over 3,000 kgs
  2. (b) are exempt from plating and testing or MOT test
  3. (c) have a gross weight of over 7,500 kgs
  4. (d) have more than two axles
  5. (e) have more than three axles
  6. (f) have a gross train weight of over 32,200 kgs
  7. (g) have a gross train weight of over 38,000 kgs
  8. (h) have a gross train weight of over 60,000 kgs
  9. (i) have an unladen weight of over 10,000 kgs
  10. (j) have an unladen weight of over 17,000 kgs
  11. (k) have an unladen weight of over 20,000 kgs
or the nearest equivalent figure similarly available, and if no such figures are available, why not.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Transport (Viscount Goschen)

The following information is based on the number of vehicles licensed in the recovery class as of 30th June:

  1. (a) 11,681
  2. (b) no figures are available on the number of recovery vehicles exempt from plating and testing or MOT testing. However, "breakdown vehicles" over 3,500 kgs in the recovery class are exempt from plating and testing. Records show 5,420 breakdown vehicles to be licensed in this class;
  3. (c) 4,750
  4. (d) 2,054
  5. (e) 1,424
  6. (f) 1,306
    7. WA 123
  7. (g) 55
  8. (h) 24
  9. (i) 8,522
  10. (j) 6,953
  11. (k) 5,542