§ Mr. SHORTasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of motor-car licences granted during 1920, 1921, and 1922, respectively; the number of licences granted for private cars as distinct from commercial vehicles during the same periods; and the total revenue received per year therefrom?
§ Lieut.-Colonel ASHLEYI have been asked to answer this question. I am sending the hon. Member copies of statements which have been issued to the Press giving the figures in detail for the year 1921 and for the present year up to the end of August. A similar statement for the whole of 1922 is in course of preparation. Details for the year 1920 are not available, as the new system of motor taxation, for the administration of which the Ministry of Transport is responsible, did not come into operation till 1st January, 1921.