HC Deb 21 April 1989 vol 151 cc305-6W
Mr. Rathbone

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many vehicles in each band of excise duty are registered at addresses in East Sussex.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

At the December 1988 census there were 313,279 licensed vehicles registered in East Sussex. These are analysed by tax class groups as follows:

Number
Private and Light Goods 280,024
Motorcycles, Scooters etc 12,172
Farmers Goods 580

Number
General Goods 6,802
Exempt Vehicles (Emergency services, specialist road construction etc) 3,862
Exempt Vehicles (limited mileage on public roads section 7(1) Vehicle Excise Act) 260
Electric Vehicles 224
Hackney (taxis, buses) 1,560
Others 4,370
Unlicensed (used on private roads) 3,425