HC Deb 31 March 1995 vol 257 c829W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what has been the number of roadside checks within the Greater London area on faulty exhaust emissions on motor cars and lorries in each of the last three months. [17233]

Mr. Norris

The number of vehicles checked at specific exhaust emissions roadside checks was as follows:

December January February
a: heavy goods vehicles 46 27 22
b: cars (including light goods vehicles) 74 1 76

In addition, a visual assessment is made of vehicle emissions at other general roadside enforcement checks. The details for the last three months are:

December January February
a: heavy goods vehicles 194 131 169
b: cars (including light goods vehicles) 75 28 53