§ The Marquess of Ailesbury asked Her Majesty's Government:
§ Whether the planning staff in the Department of Transport use the figures produced by the Automobile Associations to calculate the cost of motoring.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Transport (Viscount Goschen)No, Information on general motoring costs is drawn from the Office for National Statistics' Retail Prices Index. Information on household expenditure on motoring is taken from the Office for National Statistics' Family Expenditure Survey.