§ Mr. Robert Banksasked the Secretary of State for Transport what is the number of (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions for lorries travelling overladen since the introduction of the 38-tonne limit.
§ Mrs. ChalkerProsecutions taken by my Department's traffic examiners and local authority trading standards officers, for the period May-September, were 5,238. The number of convictions is not readily available.