§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will publish in theOfficial Report the information his Department now collects on the failure rates of public service vehicles; and if he will specify the levels of disaggregation;
(2) what information his Department now collects on the pass rates of public service vehicles at the annual Department of Transport tests; and if he will indicate the levels of disaggregation at which he will make this information available.
§ Mr. Peter Bottomley[holding replies 18 and 19 January 1989]: The Department's vehicle inspectorate executive agency collects information on the results of all public service vehicles at annual test. National and regional analyses of this information are contained in the inspectorate's annual report and accounts 1987–88, a copy of which is held in the statistical section of the House of Commons library.
Further analysis of the information on a sub-regional basis is also available and can be sent to the hon. Member if required.