§ Mr. Peter Walkerasked the Minister of Transport if she will publish a table showing the number of vehicles licensed to British Road Services on 1st January of each year since 1949.
§ Mr. John MorrisIt is not possible to give the number of vehicles licensed. The following table shows the total number of vehicles owned by British Road Services and (from 1953 onwards) by the208W of the manufacturing subsidiaries of the Transport Holding Company for each year since 1962.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe following is the information:
Transport Holding Company's road haulage subsidiaries.
Year Number of Vehicles 1948 … … … 8,208 1949 … … … 34,894 1950 … … … 39,932 1951 … … … 41,265 1952 … … … 39,320 1953 … … … 35,849 1954 … … … 25,442 1955 … … … 17,570 1956 … … … 16,077 1957 … … … 16,312 1958 … … … 15,976 1959 … … … 15,911 1960 … … … 16,184 1961 … … … 16,066 1962 … … … 16,040 1963 … … … 16,075 1964 … … … 15,765 1965 … … … 18,201 NOTES:
1. The figures for 1948 to 1962 exclude additional trailers, service vehicles, private cars and, where appropriate, horsedrawn vehicles.
2. The figures for 1963, 1964 and 1965 exclude additional trailers.