Motor Vehicles: Glass Mr. Newmark To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps her Department is taking to raise awareness amongst drivers of the existence of the visual light transmission standard for vehicle window tint imposed by Regulation 32 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986; and if she will make a statement. Jim Fitzpatrick Information was made available in 2003 when we consulted on amendments to the regulations covering tinted windows. A press release was issued at the time and when the new requirements took effect, from 1 January 2004, a leaflet was produced by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency. There is information on the direct.gov website about tinted windows including a link to the VOSA leaflet which sets out the position. There have been no changes to the requirements since January 2004. However, as a new version of the Highway Code was produced we took the opportunity to include a reference to excessively tinted windows in the code. Mr. Newmark To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many drivers were subject to sanctions by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency enforcement examiners for using vehicles which failed to meet the relevant visual light transmission standard imposed by Regulation 32 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 in each of the last three years. Jim Fitzpatrick The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency does not collect data specifically on the number of drivers that failed to meet the relevant visual light transmission standard. However, the number of prohibitions issued for glass/glazing defects are as follows: ------------------------------------------ | |2004-05|2005-06|2006-07| ------------------------------------------ |Private car |4,336 |5,206 |3,839 | ------------------------------------------ |Taxi |85 |85 |38 | ------------------------------------------ |Non-testable LGV|0 |1 |1 | ------------------------------------------ |HGV plant |0 |1 |0 | ------------------------------------------ |LGV |179 |252 |219 | ------------------------------------------ |Class 5 |3 |10 |2 | ------------------------------------------ |LGV plant |1 |1 |1 | ------------------------------------------ |Motor caravan |0 |2 |1 | ------------------------------------------ |Ambulance |3 |2 |1 | ------------------------------------------ |Total |4,607 |5,560 |4,102 | ------------------------------------------ Mr. Newmark To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether she plans to include the Visual Light Transmission standard in the MOT test. Jim Fitzpatrick The Department has no plans to do so.