§ Mr. J. H. Osbornasked the Minister of Transport what has been the value of wholesale and retail petrol sales for use in motor vehicles in each month of the current year and in total at both constant prices and at current prices; and how the monthly and total figures compare with the previous years.
Mr. Bob BrownInformation is not available in the form requested, but the following are figures published by the Ministry of Power which show the quantities of motor spirit delivered to dealers and commercial users in the United Kingdom.
Dealers* Commercial Users* (thousand tons) (thousand tons) 1967 10,846 1,238 1968 11,692 1,116 1967—January 755 108 February 750 97 March 928 106 April 845 103 May 957 108 June 1,047 125 July 959 99 August 1,040 98 September 948 95 October 893 100 November 886 109 December 838 90 1968—January 858 92 February 842 88 March 967 105 April 953 85 May 1,019 100 June 984 89 July 1,110 104 August 1,137 93 September 967 82 October 1,004 99 November 943 91 December 908 88 1969—January 906 98 February 807 85 March 953 97 April 1,049 104 May (provisional) 1,064 95 * From January, 1968 agency pick-up sales are included under dealers and not as previously under commercial consumers. These sales amounted to 11 thousand tons in January, 1968.