§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) by what date he expects driver self-weigh facilities to be installed on the Department's axle weighbridges at ports;
400W(2) by what date he expects axle weighbridges to be installed at those ports which do not yet have those facilities; and whether he is satisfied that sufficient funds have been made available in the coming financial year to ensure that this work can be carried out by the dates given.
§ Mrs. ChalkerDriver self-weigh equipment has been provided at the ports of Plymouth, Poole, Dover East and Dover West. Consideration is being given to providing a self-weigh facility during 1985 at other RO/RO ports with axle weighbridges where security of the equipment can be maintained.
I am satisfied that the financial allocations for 1985–86 will allow self-weigh equipment to be installed at these ports and is sufficient to cover the installation of weighbridges at those RO/EO ports which are to be provided with them.
§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish in the Official Report a table giving (a) a list of those of his Department's weighbridges which are open for use 24 hours a day and (b) in the case of those axle weighbridges not open for use 24 hours a day, the hours when the three enforcement agencies used each weighbridge for enforcement checks during the month of September 1984.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe dynamic axle weighbridges provided with a self-weigh facility at the ports of Plymouth, Poole, Dover East and Dover West are available for use by drivers and enforcement staff at any time, as is the self-weigh axle weighbridge at Gildersome, west Yorkshire.
All axle weighbridges were used regularly by staff of all three enforcement agencies during September 1984 on an average of two days a week.