§ Mr. W. Hamiltonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amount of the item entitled, "Running Costs of Vehicles", in Table 18 of the National Income and Expenditure Blue Book for 1959 was represented in 1958 by the component which was entitled "Other Running Expenses", on page 126 of National Income Statistics; Scources and Methods; whether the assumption that personal expenditure accounts for 40 per cent, of the total applies to both publications; and whether the total is confined to expenditure on cars and motor cycles.
§ Sir E. Boyle"Other running expenses" as defined on page 126 of "National Income Statistics: Sources and Methods" were estimated at £166 million for 1958. In arriving at this estimate the proportion of 40 per cent. mentioned in the Question was used, but as indicated in Sources and Methods it was applied only to the items derived from the summarised accounts of insurance companies; for the remaining items, direct estimates of consumers' expenditure were made. The total includes repairs, etc., to pedal cycles as well as to cars and motor cycles.