§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many goods vehicle checks have been carried out in each of the last five years where overloading was identified; what was the distribution of overloading between categories of goods vehicles; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe number of vehicles weighed and found to be overloaded by DTp traffic examiners and local authority trading standards departments for each of the last five years were:
Year Vehicles weighed Number overloaded 1983–84 98,100 23,200 1984–85 88,200 21,100 1985–86 98,600 25,400 1986–87 93,700 23,000 1987–88 126,000 28,500 The figures are not broken down between vehicle categories.