§ Mr. Speedasked the Secretary of State for Transport what are the latest figures he has for the proportion of heavy lorries checked and found to be above the legal weight limits in Kent, Essex and Hampshire, respectively.
§ Mr. David HowellThe total number of heavy lorries checkweighed by my Department's traffic examiners in Kent, Essex and Hampshire in 1981 and which were prosecuted and/or prohibited from proceeding because overweight were as follows:
Checkweighed Prosecuted and/or prohibited because overloaded Kent 3,187 606 Essex 3,488 272 Hampshire 1,310 222 Local authority trading standards officers also carry out a substantial number of regular weight checks in these counties, but the figures for this period are not readily available in a comparable form.