§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many cars were registered for ownership in a company's name in each year since 1973–74; and what estimate he has of the number of people who had such cars in each year.
§ Mr. Kenneth CarlisleInformation on the registration of cars under a company name is not available before 1976. For the years since 1976 the figures for Great Britain are as shown in the table.
Cars registered for the first time (000) Percentage of all cars registered in year 1976 500 39 1977 580 44 1978 660 42 1979 770 45 1980 630 42 1981 600 40 1982 640 40 1983 710 39 1984 740 42 1985 830 45 1986 860 46 1987 970 48 1988 1,130 51 1989 1,180 51 1990 1,050 52 1991 830 52 1992 830 52 Regular statistics on the number of employees in the United Kingdom taxed on the private use of a company car were not collected by the Inland Revenue before 1978–79. The available figures from 1978–79 onwards are shown in the table.
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(000) 1978–79 550 1980–81 650 1981–82 800 1983–84 850 1985–86 1,050 1987–88 1,550 1988–89 1,750 1989–90 1,850 1990–91 1,950 1991–92 1,900 1992–93 1,850 These figures do not include self-employed people who use their cars for business purposes. It is estimated that in recent years there have been some 2 million people in this category.