To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of the (a) availability, (b) reliability and (c) accuracy of garage forecourt equipment to inflate tyres; and if he will make a statement. (138529)

The Department for Transport requested information in 2005 from the Petroleum Retailers Association who advised that over 50 per cent. of garage forecourts have tyre pressure inspection/inflation equipment. This equipment is checked on a regular basis under maintenance contracts. The equipment is not required under any legislative provision and there are no plans to regulate for this.