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113.
Lieut.-Colonel Lipton
asked the Minister of Transport the number of private motor cars registered for the first time in each of the six years from 1941 to 1946.
Mr. Barnes
Following is a statement of the numbers of first registrations of motor vehicles taxed on horse-power. The figures unavoidably include a certain number of vehicles which are not primarily used for private purposes.The number of motor cars taxed on horse-power which were registered for the first time in each of the years 1941 to 1946 was as follows:
| 1941 | … | … | … | … | 3,083 |
| 1942 | … | … | … | … | 3,164 |
| 1943 | … | … | … | … | 267 |
| 1944 | … | … | … | … | 416 |
| 1945 | … | … | … | … | 7,708 |
| 1946 | … | … | … | … | 119,445 |