§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many(a) freight vehicles and (b) buses have converted to (i) LPG and (ii) CNG since May 1997. [138237]
§ Mr. Hill[holding answer 13 November 2000]: DVLA statistics show that from the end of June 1997 to the end of June 2000, the number of goods vehicles (over 3.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight) running on gas increased by 126 to a total of 175. Over the same period, the number of buses running on gas increased by 62 to a total of 103. DVLA's figures do not distinguish between the road fuel gases liquid petroleum gas and compressed natural gas.