asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will tabulate in the Official Report, for the most recent year available, his estimate of total national expenditure on passenger movement by car, bus and coach, respectively, goods transport by road, purchase of new passenger and goods vehicles for roads, respectively, road capital expenditure, road maintenance, lighting and policing, respectively, and his estimate of the sums spent on total road passenger costs other than for taxed income.
The figures are as follows:1974 United Kingdom national expenditure on road passenger movement:
| £ million | |
| Cars/Taxis | 6,400 |
| Bus/Coach | 650 |
| Total road passenger of which: | 7,050 |
| Estimated sums spent on total road passenger costs other than from taxed personal income | 1,350 |
| Purchase of new passenger vehicles | 2,000 |
| 1974 United Kingdom national expenditure on road goods movement including purchase of road goods vehicles | 7,760 |
| 1974–75 Great Britain national expenditure: | |
| Road Capital (including lighting) | 700 |
| Road maintenance | 350 |
| Lighting (current) | 50 |
| Police (estimate) | 70 |
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will indicate, for the most recent convenient year, his estimate of the total passenger miles by the main categories of road vehicle, passenger miles by railway, his estimate of the percentage of the population who contributed to 25 per cent. and 50 per cent., respectively, of that mileage and the percentage of the population over 18 years of age not owning cars.
In 1974 the total passenger kilometers in Great Britain were:
| Car | 345 X 109 kilometres |
| Motorcycle | 5 X 109 kilometres |
| Bus and Coach | 54 X 109 kilometres |
| Train | 36 X 109 kilometres |