§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Transport what was the average time to issue a driving licence, a road fund licence, and to have a new car registered and an old car re-registered at Swansea on 3rd November 1977; and how this compares with a similar date for the longest stated period of time for which records are currently available.
§ Mr. HoramThe average times taken to issue documents in November 1977 compared with November 1976 were as follows:
toll increases, the first for 10 years, are necessary to comply with the Severn Bridge legislation. In 1976–77 alone deficits on the bridge operating account were over £1.4 million and accumulated deficits now amount to almost £6 million.