HC Deb 17 May 2000 vol 350 c174W
Mr. Pearson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) cars and (b) commercial vehicles operated by his Department were manufactured (i) in the UK, (ii) in the EU and (iii) elsewhere. [122257]

Mr. Straw

The information requested is given in the table. It has not been possible to identify the exact origin of all the vehicles as this would require individual chassis numbers which are not readily to hand.

Home Office fleet vehicles: place of manufacture
Cars Commercial vehicles Total1 Total percentage of fleet
United Kingdom 95 330 425 42
European Union 295 81 376 37
United Kingdom/European Union2 45 95 140 14
Other 0 18 18 2
Not known2 20 5 45 5
1Figures exclude any vehicles over 10 years old
2Some manufacturers (eg Vauxhall) require details regarding individual chassis numbers and model specifications to be able to give this information