asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give in more detail particulars of the 3,500 cases of apparently unlicensed vehicles which were reported by the Metropolitan Police, West Ham sub-division, between 1st January, 1971, and 5th January, 1971, to the Greater London Council; and what area or roads this covered.

The figure relates to the whole of 1970. I have written to the hon. Member to apologise for a slip about the date in a letter I wrote to him early this month and to ask what detail he seeks. The West Ham sub-division covers the part of the London Borough of Newham north of the Metropolitan underground railway line.