HC Deb 12 July 1995 vol 263 c572W
Mr. Denham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the total number of journeys made each year by heavy goods vehicles. [33707]

Mr. Norris

In total, there are about 560 million journeys made each year by goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes gross weight.

Mr. Denham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 3 July,Official Report, column 58, how many heavy goods vehicles were weighed by the Vehicle Inspectorate in the most recent year; and how many were found to be overweight. [33708]

Mr. Norris

This is an operational matter for the Vehicle Inspectorate agency. I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.

Letter from Ron Oliver to Mr. John Denham, dated 12 July 1995:

WEIGHING HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES

The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about the number of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) weighed and the number found to be overweight.

In 1994–95, 120,297 HGVs were weighed and 4,545 were prohibited.