§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the number of privately owned cars registered in each year since 1945.
§ Mr. HoramThe total stock of vehicles currently licensed in the private taxation class in the United Kingdom is given in the table attached:
Year and Stock of Private Vehicles Thousand 1945 1,522 1946 1,807 1947 1,984 1948 2,002 1949 2,178 1950 2,307 1951 2,433 1952 2,565 1953 2,825 1954 3,173 1955 3,609 1956 3,981 1957 4,282 1958 4,651 1959 5,081 1960 5,650 1961 6,114 1962 6,706 1963 7,547 1964 8,436 1965 9,131 1966 9,747 1967 10,554 1968 11,078 1969 11,504 1970 11,802 1971 12,361 1972 13,021 1973 13,806 1974 13,948 1975 14,061 1976 14,373