HC Deb 20 January 1954 vol 522 c1004
43. Mr. Peter Freeman

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he is aware that many car licences for 1954 were recently issued for the year ended 31st December, 1953,by the Post Office in Newport; how many were so printed; and what steps are being taken to prevent a re-occurrence of such an incident

Mr. Molson

I presume the hon. Member refers to 850,000 licences which were originally printed with the date 1953 and were overprinted 1954 before issue. This was done to save wasting licences printed in 1952 to meet circumstances in connection with the Transport Levy which did not arise. By this expedient, a loss of £300 was avoided.