§ Mr. Tom Coxasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many additional examiners have been authorised by his Department in the past year for testing and inspecting public service vehicles; and if he will list the traffic areas to which they have been allocated.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerRecruitment of 24 additional examiners has been authorised.
They are allocated as follows:
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Number Metropolitan traffic area 2 South Eastern traffic area 2 Eastern traffic area 4 South Wales traffic area 1 Western traffic area 2 West Midlands traffic area 2 North Western traffic area 3 North Eastern traffic area 6 Scottish traffic area 2 24
§ Mr. Tom Coxasked the Secretary of State for Transport why he appointed one additional examiner to cover the London metropolitan area to test and inspect public service vehicles.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerTwo additional posts are located within the metropolitan traffic area. One, at the regional headquarters, Acton, will cover additional new vehicles certification work throughout the southern half of the country. The other, at the Guildford heavy goods vehicle test station, will deal with the additional work arising from deregulation in the metropolitan traffic area outside London and in the adjacent part of the south-eastern traffic area.
§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what was the number of vehicles that failed the annual public service vehicle test in 1984–85, in Wales, by operator group;
(2) what was the number of vehicles that failed the annual public service vehicle test in 1984–85, in Great Britain, by operator group.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerI shall answer these questions shortly.