§ Lord Blakerasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is their estimate of the number of (a) cars and (b) commercial vehicles which were permanently taken off the roads of the United 193WA Kingdom in tile latest year for which figures are available. [HL586]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Lord Whitty)The estimated numbers of cars and goods vehicle; taken off the roads in Great Britain in 1998 are shown below. Equivalent data for Northern Ireland are not available.
- Cars: 1,800,000
- Goods vehicles: 50,700
The estimate is made by calculating the change in licensed stock of these vehicles between the end of 1997 and the end of 1998 and subtracting this figure from the number of vehicles first registered in 1998.