§ Mrs. BrintonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what estimate he has made of(a) the number of liquid petroleum gas-powered road vehicles in the UK and (b) the rate of growth in the market for liquid petroleum gas-powered road vehicles in the UK in the last year. [107002]
§ Mr. HillThe DETR holds detailed information on the vehicle stock in Great Britain, which it receives from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. It is not possible to identify precisely those vehicles that run on LPG. However, the record shows vehicles that run on either gas, or petrol and gas combinations and these are shown in the table.
1998 1999 Increase (%) Gas 2,598 2,766 6.0 Petrol/gas 8,589 12,617 47.0 Total 11,187 15,383 38.0 These data are for the end of June each year and are for Great Britain only. Similar information on Northern Ireland vehicles is not available.