§ Mr. WoodwardTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many households with(a) one and (b) more than one vehicle there were in (i) St. Helens, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) the north-west, (iv) England and (v) Great Britain in (A) 1990, (B) 1995, (C) 1997, (D) 1998, (E) 1999, (F) 2000 and (G) 2001. [52256]
§ Mr. JamiesonInformation for St. Helens and Merseyside are only available from the 1991 Census. This is shown in Table 1 together with corresponding data for the north-west Standard Statistical Region (SSR) (comprising Cumbria, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside), England and Great Britain. 2001 Census data will be available in 2003.30W
Table 1: Number of households—1991 Thousand No cars One car Two or more cars All households St. Helens 25 30 14 69 Merseyside 248 217 86 551 North-west SSR 935 1,031 501 2,467 England 6,080 8,201 4,485 18,766 Great Britain 7,314 9,525 5,058 21,897 Estimates for the north-west, England and Great Britain for other years are shown in Table 2. Data for the north-west relate to the SSR for 1990 and 1995 and to the Government office region (i.e. north-west SSR less Cumbria) for subsequent years. Data for 2001 will be available in autumn 2002.
Table 2: Number of households Thousand No cars One car Two or more cars All households North-west 1990 941 1,096 467 2,504 1995 889 1,160 549 2,598 1997 871 1,256 699 2,826 1998 905 1,246 691 2,842 1999 855 1,265 732 2,852 2000 867 1,295 711 2,874 England 1990 6,114 8,460 4,446 19,020 1995 5,939 9,074 5,019 20,032 1997 5,955 9,042 5,367 20,364 1998 5,594 9,174 5,772 20,540 1999 5,840 9,208 5,695 20,743 2000 5,577 9,419 5,884 20,972 Great Britain 1990 7,314 9,827 4,999 22,140 1995 7,080 10,556 5,679 23,315 1997 7,081 10,567 6,046 23,694 1998 6,651 10,621 6,623 23,896 1999 6,862 10,699 6,559 24,120 2000 6,588 10,947 6,839 24,374