§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the number of lorries stopped and checked for possible overloading expressed as a percentage of total lorry journeys.
§ Mr. ChopeIt is estimated that in 1990 about 0.06 per cent. of all HGV journeys were checked for excessive weight.
This statistic relates to vehicles weighed by Department of Transport and local authority trading standards enforcement staff. The police also weigh vehicles, but no information on the numbers they weigh is available.