§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish in the Official Report by operator group for 1984–85, separately distinguishing between Great Britain and Wales, the number and percentage of tests which resulted in immediate prohibition of annual public service vehicle tests.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe information is as follows. The annual test records do not distinguish between immediate and delayed prohibitions.
1984–85 Public Service Vehicles Issue of Prohibition Notices at Statutory Annual Tests Operator Total Number of Tests Total Prohibitions issued per cent. Great Britain NBC 13,340 35 0.26 PTE 8,740 39 0.45 Local Authority 4,789 2 0.04 SBG 3,010 5 0.17 Private 26,773 274 1.02 LTE 4,636 42 0.91 61,288 397 Wales NBC 1,271 1 0.08 Local Authority 511 1 0.20 Private 2,666 25 0.94 4,448 27
§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish in the Official Report for 1984–85, separately distinguishing between Great Britain and Wales, the results of spot checking of public service vehicles and the immediate prohibition rates.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleySeparate information on spot checks is not readily available for Wales as a whole. The information for Great Britain and the south Wales traffic area is as follows:
1984–85 Great Britain South Wales Traffic Area Number of spot checks on PSVs 15,947 965. *22 *32 Immediate prohibitions 730 18 †4.6 †1.9 * Percentage of vehicles subject to annual test.
† Percentage of vehicles spot-checked.