HC Deb 19 November 1991 vol 199 c91W
Mr. Flynn

To 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. Chope

It 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.