§ Mr. BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many cars were sold in each month, or other period for which the information is available, since 1 May 1997. [59014]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonThe requested information, taken from DVLA records of new car registrations, is as shown.
New car registrations: by month since May 1997 Thousand 1997 1998 January — 227 February — 179 March — 214 April — 170 May 167 172 June 149 170 July 36 40 August 526 506 September 157 166 October 158 — November 153 — December 89 —