§ Mr. Snapeasked the Minister of Transport if he will name the counties whose police forces were, in 1979, recording accidents in which heavy goods vehicles were involved according to the vehicle's gross weight; and if he will publish a summary so far as available of such accidents, categorised by vehicle gross weight.
§ Mr. FowlerIn 1979 all police forces, except Suffolk, West Midlands, Cheshire and the Metropolitan Police, were using a new reporting form and hence recording this data, although Cumbria and the City of London Police commenced sending the new style of data only from April 1979.
I regret that a summary is not yet available: it is anticipated that detailed
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§ Mr. FowlerThe Vote structure and the associated arrangements for commissioning and controlling the Department's research, of which the chief highway engineer's programme forms part, are currently under review.