§ Mr. Peter Freemanasked the Minister of Transport whether he will publish a list showing the number of mechanically-propelled vehicles on the roads at the latest known date and at 10 yearly periods previously, so far as they are available.
§ Mr. BarnesThe numbers of mechanically-propelled road vehicles for which licences were current on the dates given below were as follows:
31st May Number 1950 … … … 4,192,672 1940 … … … 2,383,916 1939 … … … 3,052,764 1930 … … … 2,143,829 1921 … … … 842,400 The figure for 1940 was affected by the war. That for 1921 is the earliest available.