§ Mr. Speirasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many taxi-cabs were licensed to ply for hire in the Metropolitan Police district during the years 1931 to 1940 and 1951 to 1960.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe numbers are as follows:
1931 … … 8,203 1932 … … 8,157 1933 … … 8,055 1934 … … 8,203 1935 … … 8,200 1936 … … 8,095 1937 … … 8,070 1938 … … 7,823 1939 … … 6,699 1940 … … 5,797 1951 … … 6,457 1952 … … 5,618 1953 … … 5,609 1954 … … 5,553 1955 … … 5,899 1956 … … 5,898 1957 … … 6,118 1958 … … 6,157 1959 … … 6,261 1960 … … 6,656 The numbers for the years 1931 to 1938 include horse-drawn cabs, which declined in number from 51 in 1931 to 8 in 1938.