HC Deb 07 December 1977 vol 940 c719W
Mr. Mike Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many private motor cars and motor cycles there were in the United Kingdom at the latest available date;

(2) how many private motor cars and motor cycles were licensed in the last available year.

Mr. Horam

The numbers of private motor vehicles and motor cycles licensed in the United Kingdom in 1976 were 14,373,000 and 1,235,000, respectively. There are no other estimates of the vehicle stock available at present.