HC Deb 01 November 2000 vol 355 cc458-9W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many vehicles were impounded because their owners failed to buy a road fund licence; and how many were crushed in each year since 1995. [135910]

Mr. Hill

The wheelclamping scheme for vehicle excise duty evasion was introduced in August 1997. The following information relates to that scheme:

Year Impounded Crushed
1997 557 163
1998 4,838 3,663
1999 10,718 8,369
20001 11,962 10,205
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