HC Deb 06 May 1977 vol 931 c296W
Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for Transport how many private vehicles and how many commercial vehicles he estimates are currently in use unlicensed.

Mr. Horam

In the reply I gave to my hon. and learned Friend on 25th April—[Vol. 930, c. 215–16]—I said that no figures are available to distinguish private from business use of licensed motor vehicles. This is also the case with unlicensed ones. But the special survey to which I referred in a further reply to my hon. and learned Friend on the same day—[Vol. 930, c. 216]—should provide a reliable estimate of the numbers of unlicensed private cars and goods vehicles in use.