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Motorcyclists: Noise

Volume 714: debated on Friday 6 November 2009

Question

Asked by

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many public complaints there have been regarding motorcycle noise in each county in each of the past three years. [HL6112]

Her Majesty’s Government do not hold detailed information on the number of public complaints made about motorcycle noise. Police forces do not classify and record such complaints in a manner that would enable this information to be obtained without disproportionate cost.

The Department for Transport has received 41 items of correspondence on this issue in the past three years. These are broken down in the following table. No complaints have been received by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs or the Department for Communities and Local Government on this issue.

County

2007

2008

2009

Birmingham

1

Derbyshire

1

Devon

1

Essex

1

Hampshire

2

1

Humberside

1

Lancashire

2

1

London

3

2

Norfolk

1

North Yorkshire

1

Nottinghamshire

3

Shropshire

2

Somerset

1

Surrey

1

Worcestershire

1

1

Unspecified

3

5

6