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Mr. Peter Duncan
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many public inquiries have taken place in each year since 1997 under regulations administered by traffic commissioners in (a) Scotland and (b) England and Wales. [122311]
Dr. Howells
[holding answer 30 June 2003]: The number of public inquiries held in Scotland and England and Wales in each year since 1998 for which figures are available are shown in the table. Figures are not available for 1997–98.
| Scotland | England/Wales | |
| 1998–99 | 202 | 1,418 |
| 1999–2000 | 222 | 1,422 |
| 2000–01 | 163 | 1,632 |
| 2001–02 | 184 | 1,514 |