HC Deb 15 July 1988 vol 137 c420W
Mr. Wheeler

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many of the annual inquiries to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre relate to vehicle excise duty issues.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

About 230,000 of the 2.4 million written and telephone inquiries received at DVLC during 1987 related to vehicle licensing procedures or to specific licensing transactions. There is no breakdown of the 5 million inquiries dealt with by magnetic tape. Most were likely to have related to vehicle keeper and other registration details rather than licensing.