Vehicle Excise Duty

HC Deb 31 January 1992 vol 202 cc721-2W

Sir Gerard Vaughan

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what figures are available to show the number of vehicles on the road in England and Wales without valid vehicle duty excise licences; and if he will make a statement;

(2) what figures are available to him to show the number of vehicles on the road in Scotland without valid vehicle duty excise licences;

(3) what information is available to him to show the number of vehicles on the road in Northern Ireland without a valid vehicle duty excise licence.

Mr. Chope

I have been asked to reply.

Based on a roadside survey carried out in Great Britain in June 1989 the best estimate of the number of unlicensed vehicles currently in use on United Kingdom roads is 1.3 million. Separate regional figures are not available.

Further details can be found in the Transport Statistics Report "Vehicle Excise Duty in Great Britain in 1989–90" which is available in the House Library.