Road Haulage Licences

HC Deb 07 December 1951 vol 494 cc346-7W

Mr. Ernest Davies

asked the Minister of Transport the number of A, B and C road haulage licences, respectively, in issue at 31st October, 1938; and at the same date for each of the years 1947 to 1951.

Mr. Maclay

Figures for 31st October in each year are not available. The following table gives the information required for the end of June, 1938, for the end of December for each of the years 1947 to 1950, and for the end of

	Licences in issue	Vehicles authorised
Date	"A" (including Contract "A")	"B"	"C"	Total	"A" (including Contract "A")	"B"	"C"	Total
30th June, 1938	…	26,966	34,120	178,298	239,384	93,216	54,906	365,025	513,147
31st December, 1947	…	23,037	32,508	253,548	309,093	97,877	64,418	487,151	649,446
31st December, 1948	…	23,730	32,390	311,811	367,931	90,521	65,573	590,516	746,610
31st December, 1949	…	21,263	32,341	351,230	404,834	66,042	63,418	672,301	801,761
31st December, 1950	…	18,643	31,616	378,664	428,923	56,237	63,123	733,044	852,404
30th September, 1951	…	17,853	31,367	397,789	447,009	53,787	62,347	781,781	897,915
(NOTE: Vehicles owned by the British Transport Commission do not require carriers' licences.)