§ Mrs. BrowningTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many new motor cars were registered at the DVLA in each month from January 1999 to May 2000 using(a) the DVLA form V55/1 and (b) the DVLA form V55/5. [131323]
§ Mr. HillFigures for the first registration of new motor cars categorised by the type of application form used are not readily available. Vehicles registered on form V55/1 include all types of new vehicles. Vehicles first registered on form V55/5 include vehicles that are not new. Many new vehicles are registered by motor dealers using an electronic system, known as AFRL (automated first registration and licensing). These cases do not use a paper form, but would have used the V55/1 form if they had not been processed through the AFRL system. The table138W shows the number of registrations recorded at DVLA for all vehicles by type of form and the number of AFRL registrations.
V55/1 V55/5 AFRL Total 1999 January 101,150 12,372 74,529 188,051 February 93,006 14,491 60,777 168,274 March 173,928 20,944 155,647 350,519 April 152,052 16,718 82,752 251,522 May 126,939 17,233 80,145 224,317 June 128,049 21,522 96,530 246,101 July 124,793 20,949 88,202 233,944 August 89,761 18,399 67,083 175,243 September 141,313 22,529 216,339 380,181 October 117,483 20,060 89,033 226,576 November 77,856 19,203 98,825 195,884 December 58,932 14,655 59,886 133,473 2000 January 68,161 17,654 127,551 213,366 February 55,847 18,768 90,775 165,390 March 118,404 26,142 259,478 404,042 April 82,651 19,657 121,685 223,993 May 80,401 23,166 151,256 254,823