HC Deb 07 March 1969 vol 779 cc186-7W
Mr. Pardoe

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the cost to Cornwall of raising vehicle licences for private cars to £30 or £35 and corresponding increases for other types of vehicle; and what this cost would represent per adult in Cornwall and the United Kingdom.

Mr. Diamond

£.45 million and £.9 million respectively for private cars and £.2 million and £.4 million respectively for other vehicles. Per head of the adult population an increase of 20 per cent. in all licence duties would represent £2.3 for Cornwall and £2 for the whole United Kingdom. An increase of 40 per cent. would double these figures.

Mr. Pardoe

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total revenue from the issuing of vehicle licences in 1968 in Cornwall; and what this represented per adult in Cornwall and the United Kingdom.

Mr. Diamond

Total revenue from vehicle licences in Cornwall was £2.8 million in 1968 and represented £9.9 per head of the adult population in Cornwall compared with £8.9 in the United Kingdom as a whole.

Mr. Pardoe

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the proportion of average revenue per head which would be represented by a vehicle licence fee of £30 for private cars in Cornwall and the United Kingdom respectively.

Mr. Diamond

£9.2 per head of the adult population in Cornwall and £7.8 in the whole United Kingdom, a proportion of just under 1.2 to 1.