HC Deb 11 January 1988 vol 125 c134W
21. Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the surveillance of foreign lorries is increased by 50 per cent., what percentage of the total number of foreign lorries will be checked for excess weight at ports and elsewhere.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

The 8,800 foreign lorries we expect to weigh this year are about three per cent. of the total number of inward journeys. Many of these are carried out by regular visitors whose cumulative chances of being weighed during the year are higher.