asked the Minister of Transport if she will publish a table showing the number of vehicles licensed to British Road Services on 1st January of each year since 1949.

It is not possible to give the number of vehicles licensed. The following table shows the total number of vehicles owned by British Road Services and (from 1953 onwards) by the of the manufacturing subsidiaries of the Transport Holding Company for each year since 1962.

The following is the information:Transport Holding Company's road haulage subsidiaries.

Year				Number of Vehicles
1948	…	…	…	8,208
1949	…	…	…	34,894
1950	…	…	…	39,932
1951	…	…	…	41,265
1952	…	…	…	39,320
1953	…	…	…	35,849
1954	…	…	…	25,442
1955	…	…	…	17,570
1956	…	…	…	16,077
1957	…	…	…	16,312
1958	…	…	…	15,976
1959	…	…	…	15,911
1960	…	…	…	16,184
1961	…	…	…	16,066
1962	…	…	…	16,040
1963	…	…	…	16,075
1964	…	…	…	15,765
1965	…	…	…	18,201

NOTES:1. The figures for 1948 to 1962 exclude additional trailers, service vehicles, private cars and, where appropriate, horsedrawn vehicles.2. The figures for 1963, 1964 and 1965 exclude additional trailers.