HC Deb 26 March 1973 vol 853 c236W
Mr. Cormack

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the number of private motor vehicles registered at the latest available date; and what is the latest estimate of the number of families owning two or more cars.

Mr. Speed

There were 12,700,000 private cars and private vans licensed in Great Britain in the third quarter of 1972. In 1971, 1,500,000 households had the use of two or more such vehicles.