§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will list those local authorities, as highway authorities, which have applied for weight restrictions on public roads for which they need his Department's agreement; and if he will make a statement on the extent of the use by local authorities of powers open to them;
(2) if he will list for each local authority in England and Wales the number of requests he has received for the imposition of restrictions on (a) coaches and (b) lorries on specified roads within their area; and if he will indicate how many have been approved and how many rejected.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe Department does not keep general records of this type.