§ 60. Mr. Mappasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the estimated revenue in 1958, or in the latest convenient period, derived from motor fuel tax and vehicle duties, respectively, in respect of the 66,000 public road passenger vehicles with over eight seats licensed in 1958; and if he will give similar figures for the 339,000 vehicles over one-and-a-half tons but not over three tons, and the 155,000 vehicles over three tons, respectively, which we licensed in 1958 under A contracts and B licences, respectively.
Mr. AmoryAs regards motor fuel tax, the estimated revenue from public road passenger vehicles in 1959 was about £30 million. I regret that no information is available for the particular classes of goods vehicles mentioned in the second part of the Question.
As regards vehicle excise licence duty, the estimated revenue must necessarily be based on the numbers of vehicles licensed as at a certain date. The number of public road passenger vehicles licensed on 31st March, 1959, was 73,268 and the estimated revenue for a 12-month period £3 million. As to goods vehicles, the following are the figures as 122W at 31st December, 1959, and the estimated revenue for a 12-month period:
1½-3 tons: Contract "A" Licensed 12,769 £0.4m. "B" Licensed 50,924 £1.4m. Over 3 tons: Contract "A" Licensed 12,957 £1.0m. "B" Licensed 14,894 £1.0m.