HC Deb 14 May 1984 vol 60 c8W
Mrs. Ann Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of cross-Channel road freight has been carried by United Kingdom-registered vehicles in each of the years since 1974.

Mrs. Chalker

The following table gives the number of United Kingdom registered road goods vehicles as a percentage of all powered road goods vehicles travelling from the United Kingdom to mainland Europe in the years 1974 to 1983.

United Kingdom registered powered road goods vehicles as percentage of total
Year Per cent.
1974 50
1975 53
1976 55
1977 57
1978 58
1979 55
1980 58
1981 54
1982 51
1983 49

Source: Department of Transport quarterly roll-on roll-off goods vehicle survey.