§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the evidence known to him from the number of reports and prosecutions for any given period, or on 67W an estimated basis, what amount of revenue the Exchequer is losing through the evasion of the payment of the road fund excise licence, for any stated period.
§ Mr. HigginsIn 1969 (the latest year for which information is available) just under 400,000 reports of apparent V.E.D. offences were made; there were 145,000 prosecutions; and the Courts ordered payment of £1,545,000 in penalties and back duty.
In the same year the vehicle population was some 14,650,000. But it is not possible to estimate the rate of evasion from statistics of enforcement.