§ Mr. Mawbyasked the Secretary of State for Transport what effect the new system of recording vehicle registrations has on the forecasts of vehicle population and traffic; and whether he proposes to issue an amendment to the interim memorandum on traffic forecasts.
§ Mr. HoramThe new system does not affect the forecasts of traffic made in accordance with the interim memorandum. Traffic is estimated from the traffic census; if estimates of car ownership change, it is only estimates of miles per car which will change.
I will take account of the implications of the new estimates of the vehicle stock when the forecasts are next revised.