§ Mr. Iain Millsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of unsuccessful prosecutions in magistrates' courts for defective tyres under offence group 14 of vehicle test offences in the years of 1977, 1978 and 1979.
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§ Mr. BrittanThe number of such prosecutions in England and Wales which resulted in proceedings being discontinued or in charges being withdrawn or dismissed was 5,276 in 1977 and 5,097 in 1978; information for 1979 is not yet available.