§ Mr. Nicholas BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the latest information he has as to(a) how many people presently have cars registered in a company's name and (b) how many are women and how many are men; and what is the regional distribution of these figures.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 2 March 1992]: The records kept at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency show that, at 31 December 1990, there were 2,579,000 licensed cars in the PLG tax class registered in a company name.
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Table 1 London Transport investment and funding £ million (1990–91 prices) 1980 1981 1982 1983 11984–85 London Transport investment London Underground Limited 141 150 126 161 164 London Buses Limited 90 99 73 89 60 Other2 — — — — 20 Funding Grant 209 222 194 241 147 Internal resources 13 21 1 5 98 1 15-month period. 2 Includes investment by the DLR, LT Trading, LT Property and LT Central Services. The regional breakdown is as follows:
Number of licensed cars in PLG tax class registered in a company name Region Thousand Northern 81 Yorkshire and Humberside 182 East Midlands 168 East Anglia 110 South East 1,012 South Western 174 West Midland 328 North West 280 Scotland 171 Wales 70 Not known 5 Total Great Britain 2,579 No information is available from this source about the sex of the driver.