Dumped Motor Vehicles

HC Deb 14 March 2000 vol 346 cc113-4W

Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many dumped motor vehicles there were in the Greater London area in 1999; and if he will make a statement. [113605]

Table 2: Asbestosis deaths (excluding those also mentioning mesothelioma) in Great Britain by region
	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
North	35	41	29	36	33
Yorkshire and Humberside	17	21	17	9	14
North West	32	28	30	46	32
West Midlands	6	6	8	5	8
East Midlands	4	8	7	3	5
South West	21	16	16	16	23
East Anglia	1	2	1	3	3
South East excluding Greater London	15	14	12	22	21
Greater London	23	21	18	38	25
Wales	4	4	6	12	8
Scotland	14	12	22	5	16
Overseas	1	1	—	1	1
Great Britain	173	174	166	196	189

Mr. Mullin

The removal of abandoned vehicles in the Greater London area is the responsibility of local authorities under the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 and the Department holds no central records of the number of vehicles identified as abandoned and subsequently removed and disposed of.