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Mark Tami
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many foreign road haulage companies have been prosecuted for failure to comply with (a) traffic and (b) road worthiness regulations in the UK in each of the last five years; and what the country of origin was in each case. [125541]
Mr. Jamieson
The number of prosecuted traffic and roadworthiness offences committed by foreign drivers and operators since 2000 is as follows:
- 2000–49
- 2001–33
- 2002–26
| Nationality | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
| Handling agent based in UK | 36 | 18 | 9 |
| Germany | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| Republic of Ireland | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Belgium | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Poland | 2 | 2 | 0 |