HC Deb 29 June 1994 vol 245 cc631-2W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list by traffic area office all cases of LGV operators being convicted as a result of being unlicensed for the last five years.

Mr. Key

A list of all cases of LGV operators convicted as a result of being unlicensed for the last five years can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

However, the total number of cases prosecuted by the vehicle inspectorate for not possessing a goods vehicle operator's licence from April 1989 to March 1994 is 4,648. This figure is broken down as follows:

Number
Scotland 278
North West 590
North East 919
South Wales 458
West Midlands 650
West 239
East 418
South East 1,096

Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list by traffic area office the current estimated number of unlicensed LGV operators and the methods used to calculate this figure.

Mr. Key

We have no reliable estimates of the number of unlicensed LGV operators.