HC Deb 28 July 1988 vol 138 c589W
Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give the percentage change in first quarter tractor registrations for each United Kingdom region.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

The information requested is as follows:

New registrations of tractors1 1st Quarter 1988 compared to 1st Quarter 1987.
Percentage increase
North 56
Yorks and Humberside 16
East Midlands 8
East Anglia -16
South East 8
South West 14
West Midlands 21
North West 52
Wales 80
Scotland 13
Northern Ireland2 36
1 Agricultural machines, including agricultural tractors, fishermen's tractors, tractors, agricultural engines and locomotive ploughing engines.
2 Agricultural machines, but also including digging machines, mobile cranes, works' trucks, mowing machines and showmen's and general haulage vehicles.