§ 89. Mr. Nabarroasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he will state in statistical form and show percentum the rate of growth of C-licence vehicles in the post-war period, the number of C licences at the latest convenient date, the numbers of A and B licences at the same date, and the number of vehicles owned by the British Transport Commission, in each category, at the same date, respectively.
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§ Mr. NugentThe following is the information:
1. Table showing the rate of growth of C-licence vehicles in the post-war period.
Date Number of C Licence Vehicles Percentage increase over previous year Index (1945=100) 31st December, 1945 306,443 — 100.0 31st December, 1946 383,738 25.2 125.2 31st December, 1947 487,151 26.9 159.0 31st December, 1948 590,516 21.2 192.7 31st December, 1949 672,301 13.8 219.4 31st December, 1950 733,044 9.0 239.2 31st December, 1951 796,343 8.6 259.9 31st December, 1952 833,936 4.7 272.1 31st December, 1953 866,322 3.9 282.7 31st December, 1954 899,773 3.9 293.6 31st December, 1955 944,194 4.9 308.1 31st December, 1956 998,219 5.7 325.7 30th September, 1957 1,059,546 6.1 345.7 2. Table showing the number of vehicles authorised under A, B and C licences at 30th September, 1957, and the number of such vehicles authorised to the British Transport Commission.
Type of Licence Total number of vehicles authorised Number of British Transport Commission vehicles included in total A … 67,584 22,414 Contract A … 23,734 1,161 Special A … 24,409 7,524 B … 70,348 2 C … 1,059,546 2,081 All Types … 1,245,621 33,182