§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list in theOfficial Report all the organisations which are in receipt of the current European Economic Community quota of multilateral authorisations for heavy goods vehicles in each traffic area, and if he will also list the number of authorisations held by each organisation.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe list, by county and number of operators, follows. The Department's policy is not to name individual firms, for reasons of commercial confidentiality. Following the successful Council meeting in Brussels on 20–21 June, hauliers have been invited to apply for the additional 238 permits available.
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EC multilateral permits at January 1988 England County Operators Permits Avon 8 23 Bedfordshire 7 22 Berkshire 3 5 Buckinghamshire 5 36 Cambridgeshire 3 10 Cheshire 8 19 Cleveland 3 4 Cumbria 1 1 Derbyshire 4 6 Dorset 13 31 Durham 7 16 Essex 34 75 Gloucestershire 4 7 Hampshire 23 53 Hertfordshire 12 25 Humberside 13 39 Kent 41 133 Lancashire 13 21 Lincolnshire 9 15 London 16 28 Greater Manchester 5 9 Middlesex 7 7 Norfolk 9 22 Northamptonshire 14 44 Nottinghamshire 5 22 Oxfordshire 5 10 Shropshire 10 35 Somerset 6 10 Staffordshire 9 32 Suffolk 6 7 Surrey 8 14 Sussex 6 12 Tyne and Wear 2 3 Warwickshire 26 53 Wiltshire 3 4
County Operators Permits Worcestershire 1 4 North Yorkshire 5 11 South Yorkshire 2 8 West Yorkshire 28 60