HC Deb 01 February 1977 vol 925 cc117-9W
Mr. Viggers

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the best available figures of density per road mile of motor vehicles in the United Kingdom by county.

Mr. Horam

Following is the latest information available.

MOTOR VEHICLES LICENSED PER ROAD MILE 1975
Number of Vehicles
ENGLAND
Northern Region
Cleveland 121
Cumbria 36
Durham 65
Northumberland 26
Tyne and Wear 120
Yorkshire and Humberside Region
Humberside 81
North Yorkshire 41
South Yorkshire 120
West Yorkshire 118
East Midlands Region
Derbyshire 84
Leicestershire 94
Lincolnshire 42
Northamptonshire 85
Nottinghamshire 117

Number of Vehicles
ENGLAND
East Anglia Region
Cambridge 84
Norfolk 53
Suffolk 63
South Eastern Region
Bedfordshire 141
Berkshire 153
Buckinghamshire 99
East Sussex 109
Essex 118
Greater London 292
Hampshire 104
Hertfordshire 148
Isle of Wight 90
Kent 98
Oxfordshire 84
Surrey 161
West Sussex 114
South Western Region
Avon 129
Cornwall 37
Devon 42
Dorset 86
Gloucestershire 64
Somerset 41
Wiltshire 68
West Midland Region
Hereford and Worcester 56
Salop 39
Staffordshire 90
Warwickshire 77
West Midlands 229
North Western Region
Cheshire 90
Greater Manchester 152
Lancashire 86
Merseyside 158
SCOTLAND
Borders 20
Central 58
Dumfries and Galloway 23
Fife 72
Grampian 32
Highland 14
Lothian 92
Orkney 14
Shetland 13
Strathclyde 68
Tayside 41
Western Isles 13
WALES
Clwyd 50
Dyfed 26
Gwent 67
Gwynedd 30
Mid Glamorgan 88
Powys 15
South Glamorgan 114
West Glamorgan 113

Comparable figures for Northern Ireland are not available.