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RANSPORT Departis to start a blitz on goods vehicles—and s to find a higher proof unlicensed lorries S.
sport Minister William s, announcing this in mons, said that a desk howed there could be 0,000 unlicensed goods s—a level of evasion of 5 per cent. The goods category included ing from light vans to viest vehicles.
estimates showed that s of revenue through n of duty by goods vehicles could be from ,E19 to E31 million a year compared tiwh £50—E63 million for cars and E1—E2 million for motor cycles.
Noting that a survey of cars had been carried out, Mr Rodgers added: "My department plans to undertake as soon as possible a survey of evasion by goods vehicles which could not be covered in the street survey of cars. The indications are that the rate of evasion may be slightly higher than that for cars."
"I am considering urgently what action can be taken within present civil service manpower constraints to reduce the rate of evasion."
Mr Rodgers explained that the desk study—based on a random sample of vehicle records at DVLC—gave no information about goods vehicles laid-up, in dealers' stocks or scrapped but not notified as such to the licensing authority. This information would be even harder to get than it was for cars.