§ Viscount Simonasked Her Majesty's Government:
On the most recent five-year period for which details are available:
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- (a) how many provisional driving licences were issued; and
- (b) what was the number of Highway Code booklets sold. [HL1638]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Baroness Hayman)(a) provisional licences issued were as follows:
- 1993–94: 836,574
- 1994–95: 842,591
- 1995–96: 900,334
- 1996–97: 814,162
- 1997–98: 852,667
(b) Highway Code booklets sold nationwide were as follows:
- 1993: 2,047,896
- 1994: 887,568
- 1995: 841,288
- 1996: 1,117,393
- 1997: 926,637 (Figures provided by The Stationery Office)
In addition DVLA sold the following number of copies of the Highway Code:
- 1992–93: 610,343
- 1993–94: 438,510
- 1994–95: 418,096
- 1995–96: 467,160
- 1996–97 April-December: 333,518