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Lorry Weights

Volume 19: debated on Friday 5 March 1982

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asked the Secretary of State for Transport what are the latest figures he has for the proportion of heavy lorries checked and found to be above the legal weight limits in Kent, Essex and Hampshire, respectively.

The total number of heavy lorries checkweighed by my Department's traffic examiners in Kent, Essex and Hampshire in 1981 and which were prosecuted and/or prohibited from proceeding because overweight were as follows:

CheckweighedProsecuted and/or prohibited because overloaded
Kent3,187606
Essex3,488272
Hampshire1,310222
Local authority trading standards officers also carry out a substantial number of regular weight checks in these counties, but the figures for this period are not readily available in a comparable form.