HC Deb 23 May 1991 vol 191 c565W
Mr. Watson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many motor vehicle tax discs have been issued as replacements for stolen discs in each of the last three years for which such information is available.

Mr. Chope

The total number of duplicate licences issued for all reasons in each of the last three financial years was:

Number
1990–91 146,720
1989–90 132,075
1988–89 135,649

Separate records are not kept of the number of duplicate motor vehicle tax discs issued because the original has been stolen. Duplicate tax discs are also issued if the original has been lost, destroyed or mutilated so that it can no longer be used.