Written question asked by Robert Key (Conservative) on Thursday, 5 February 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 February 2009. It was answered by Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour) on Thursday, 12 February 2009 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

A303: Inspections

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many vehicles of each nationality of registration were (a) inspected and (b) prohibited following inspection at the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency checkpoint at Wylye on the A303(T) in the latest year for which figures are available; and for what reasons each vehicle was prohibited.

Answer

The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA)'s inspection figures from its site at Wylye are as follows:

Country	Roadworthiness inspections	Mechanical prohibitions
Heavy goods vehicle roadworthiness inspections
Belgium	1	0
Eire	2	1
France	1	0
Germany	0	0
Great Britain	32	6
Lithuania	3	0
Netherlands	4	2
Northern Ireland	0	0
Poland	4	0
Romania	1	1
Slovenia	2	1
Spain	1	0
Yugoslavia	1	0
Grand total	52	11

Trailer roadworthiness inspections
Belgium	4	1
Eire	1	0
France	1	0
Great Britain	13	3
Lithuania	1	0
Netherlands	6	2
Poland	2	2
Slovenia	2	0
Spain	1	1
Yugoslavia	1	0
Grand total	32	9

Heavy goods vehicle traffic inspections
Country	Traffic inspections	Drivers hours prohibitions	Weighed inspections	Overloads prohibitions
Belgium	0	0	0	0
Eire	0	0	0	0
France	2	0	2	0
Germany	1	0	1	1
Great Britain	5	2	3	1
Lithuania	1	0	1	0
Netherlands	3	1	2	0
Northern Ireland	1	1	1	0
Poland	1	0	1	0
Romania	0	0	0	0
Slovenia	2	2	2	0
Spain	1	0	1	0
Yugoslavia	1	0	1	0
Grand total	18	6	15	2

Light goods vehicle traffic inspections
Country	Weighed inspections	Overloading prohibitions
Great Britain	3	3
Poland	1	1
Grand total	4	4

Figures are from April 08 to January 2009.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 487 c2123-5W; 255883
Session: 2008-09
Related items: Motor Vehicles: Testing
Friday, 13 March 2009
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Motor vehicles Testing
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk