§ Mr. Snapeasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for 1987–88 taxation revenue and public road cost figures and also a table showing taxation revenue, attributed costs, revenue to costs ratio and the number of vehicles, including in the calculation the increased road maintenance expenditure announced at the time of the current year's Budget statement.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe information requested is given in the following two tables. Further information on motor tax revenue and track costs will be given in the Department's annual paper "The allocation of road track costs", due to be published shortly.
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Table 2 Taxation revenue, attributed costs, revenue to cost ratios and numbers of vehicles in selected categories GVW (tonnes) over not over Taxation revenue per vehicle Attributed costs, per vehicle2 Taxes minus costs Revenue to costs ratio Estimated number of vehicles at September 1987 £ £ £ 000s Rigid vehicles 2 axle 3.5 490 180 310 2.7:1 143 3.5 7.5 770 410 360 1.9:1 154 7.5 12 1,120 650 470 1.7:1 27 12 13 1,490 920 570 1.6:1 20 15 17 2,780 2,470 310 1.1:1 82 3 axle 23 25 4,140 3,950 190 1.1:1 26 4 axle 29 31 6,460 6,100 360 1.1:1 18 Articulated vehicles 3 axle 23 25 4,280 3,120 1,170 1.4:1 2 4 axle 31 33 7,540 6,000 1,540 1.3:1 37 5 axle (2+3) 36 38 10,300 7,730 2,570 1.3:1 24 (3+2) 36 38 10,080 7,450 2,620 1.4:1 10 6 axle 36 38 8,590 6,060 2,530 1.4:1 3 Figures for costs and taxes are rounded to the nearest £10, so taxes minus costs may not equal the difference of the figures shown for taxes and costs.