§ Mr. Banksasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish (a) the figure for revenue arising from the road tax of private vehicles, (b) for commercial vehicles and (c) the number of vehicles in both groups, to the nearest convenient period.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 23rd May 1977; Vol. 932, c. 345], gave the following information:
The estimated yield from vehicle excise duty for 1976–77 on the 14 million private cars is £558 million and on the 4.1 million commercial vehicles is £208 million.