View from the UK Parliament
As the profile of the issues surrounding foreign registered vehicles rises, politicians across the spectrum are beginning to recognise the economic and societal consequences arising from growing numbers of foreign vehicle owners ignoring UK driving and parking rules.
Questions have been tabled by politicians across the political spectrum. They reflect concerns that the Government is not yet working proactively to resolve the data sharing and legal issues between the UK and other EU member states that prevent enforcement of penalty notices against foreign registered vehicles.
Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what the annual movement of freight by road in billion tonne miles was in each year since 1997. [306966] 16 December 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport (1) how many miles UK and foreign-registered heavy goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes travelled on UK (a) motorways and (b) trunk roads in the last 12 months for which figures are available; [306643]
(2) how many miles UK and foreign-... 16 December 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of miles heavy goods vehicles over 12 tonnes registered in (a) the UK and (b) overseas travelled on roads in the UK in each year since 1997. [302813]
02 December 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many personal injury collisions involved (a) left and (b) right hand drive heavy goods vehicles in each year since 1997; and in how many in each category vehicle blind spot was found to be a contributory factor. [295008] 28 October 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many drivers' hours offences were detected in respect of (a) UK-registered and (b) overseas registered drivers in each year since 1997. [295009] 28 October 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what his most recent estimate is of the number of heavy goods vehicles registered overseas which used roads in the UK in 2008. [294809] 23 October 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Chris Grayling (Shadow Home Secretary, Home Affairs); To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign-registered heavy goods vehicles carrying (a) gas, (b) oil, (c) liquified petroleum gas and (d) petroleum have entered the UK in each of the last 12 months; and what checks the... 12 May 2009 [view answer] [Hansard] |
Facts & Figures- London's local authorities issue six million penalty charge notices a year
- 86% of penalty charge notices issued in London are for illegal parking
- 75% of penalties issued to UK-registered vehicles are paid within a fortnight
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