§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has as to what percentage of the total population owns cars in the United Kingdom, France, West Germany, Italy, the United States of America and Japan, respectively.
§ Mrs. ChalkerI have been asked to reply.
The information is not available in the precise form requested. The following table gives the number of private cars and taxis per thousand population in each of those countries in 1981.
Cars and taxis per thousand population in 1981 Number United Kingdom (Great Britain only) 284 France 348 West Germany 385 Italy (1980) 309 United States of America 537 Japan 209 These figures are published annually in "Transport Statistics Great Britain." The next issue is due to be published in October this year.