§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what estimate he has made of the percentage of householders on Merseyside who own and use(a) a car and (b) more than one car. [150132]
§ Mr. HillAveraged over the period 1997–98 to 1999–2000,(a) 71 per cent of households in the north-west have access to one or more cars, and (b) 27 per cent, have access to more than one car.
§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what the average expenditure on cars by households in Merseyside was in(a) 1999 and (b) 2000. [150094]
§ Mr. HillThe average expenditure on motoring per car per week for people living in the north-west region was £51.10, averaged over the period 1979–98 to 1999–2000. Data are not available for Merseyside, or for single years, because of small sample sizes.