§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is their latest estimate of the number of bicycles in Britain in 1970, 1980, 1990 and the latest available year.
The Minister of State, Department of Transport (The Earl of Caithness)Estimates of the number of cycles used in Great Britain are derived from the National Travel Survey. The only figures available are as follows:
(in millions of cycles) Year Million 1972–73 7.4 1975–76 7.3 1978–79 9.5 1985–86 12.2 1988–89 15.0