§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give, for the longest and most convenient stated period of time, the number of cases that have been reported and prosecuted within the Metropolitan Police area for the parking of vehicles and heavy commercial vehicles on pedestrian pavements; and if any recent action has been taken by the police to increase the reports and prosecutions in such cases.
§ Mr. MayhewWe understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that the only available information is that in the Metropolitan police district in 1981 there were three prosecutions by the police for parking heavy goods vehicles on the footpath. There may also have been prosecutions under other legislation as a result of vehicles being parked on the footpath, but these are not recorded separately.