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Mr. Tony Lloyd
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many goods vehicle checks have been carried out in each of the last five years where overloading was identified; what was the distribution of overloading between categories of goods vehicles; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Bottomley
The number of vehicles weighed and found to be overloaded by DTp traffic examiners and local authority trading standards departments for each of the last five years were:
| Year | Vehicles weighed | Number overloaded |
| 1983–84 | 98,100 | 23,200 |
| 1984–85 | 88,200 | 21,100 |
| 1985–86 | 98,600 | 25,400 |
| 1986–87 | 93,700 | 23,000 |
| 1987–88 | 126,000 | 28,500 |