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Mr. Peter Freeman
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will publish a list showing the number of mechanically-propelled vehicles on the roads at the latest known date and at 10 yearly periods previously, so far as they are available.
Mr. Barnes
The numbers of mechanically-propelled road vehicles for which licences were current on the dates given below were as follows:
| 31st May | Number | |||
| 1950 | … | … | … | 4,192,672 |
| 1940 | … | … | … | 2,383,916 |
| 1939 | … | … | … | 3,052,764 |
| 1930 | … | … | … | 2,143,829 |
| 1921 | … | … | … | 842,400 |