§ Mr. George Grantasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the number of driving licence holders in the United Kingdom in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. HoramThe number of driving licence holders in Great Britain was:
'000s Full Provisional All 1969 15,404 1,733 17,138 1970 15,860 1,760 17,620 1971 16,169 2,375 18,544 1972 16,735 2,327 19,062 1973 17,219 2,568 19,787 1974 17,612 2,642 20,254 1975 18,205 2,843 21,048 1976 18,710 3,060 21,770 1977 19,373 2,831 22,204 These figures, and commentary upon them, are in the Department's publication"Transport Statistics in Great Britain ".
Figures for 1978 are: Full, 20,012,000; Provisional, 3,118,000; All, 23,130,000.
Driving licences in Northern Ireland are the responsibility of my right hon. 619W Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.