HC Deb 15 June 1959 vol 607 c9W
80. Mr. Ernest Davies

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will state the total number of public service vehicles at the latest available date; how many were petrol and diesel-engined, respectively; and what is the percentage of each category to the total.

Mr. Watkinson

The number of public service vehicles licensed in the September quarter, 1958, was 75, 173, of which 12,074 were petrol-engined and 63,099 diesel-engined, or 16 and 84 per cent, respectively.