asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the best available figures of density per road mile of motor vehicles in the United Kingdom by county.
Following is the latest information available.
| MOTOR VEHICLES LICENSED PER ROAD MILE 1975 | |||
| Number of Vehicles | |||
| ENGLAND | |||
| Northern Region | |||
| Cleveland | … | … | 121 |
| Cumbria | … | … | 36 |
| Durham | … | … | 65 |
| Northumberland | … | … | 26 |
| Tyne and Wear | … | … | 120 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside Region | |||
| Humberside | … | … | 81 |
| North Yorkshire | … | … | 41 |
| South Yorkshire | … | … | 120 |
| West Yorkshire | … | … | 118 |
| East Midlands Region | |||
| Derbyshire | … | … | 84 |
| Leicestershire | … | … | 94 |
| Lincolnshire | … | … | 42 |
| Northamptonshire | … | … | 85 |
| Nottinghamshire | … | … | 117 |
Number of Vehicles
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| ENGLAND | ||
East Anglia Region
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| Cambridge | … | 84 |
| Norfolk | … | 53 |
| Suffolk | … | 63 |
South Eastern Region
| ||
| Bedfordshire | … | 141 |
| Berkshire | … | 153 |
| Buckinghamshire | … | 99 |
| East Sussex | … | 109 |
| Essex | … | 118 |
| Greater London | … | 292 |
| Hampshire | … | 104 |
| Hertfordshire | … | 148 |
| Isle of Wight | … | 90 |
| Kent | … | 98 |
| Oxfordshire | … | 84 |
| Surrey | … | 161 |
| West Sussex | … | 114 |
South Western Region
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| Avon | … | 129 |
| Cornwall | … | 37 |
| Devon | … | 42 |
| Dorset | … | 86 |
| Gloucestershire | … | 64 |
| Somerset | … | 41 |
| Wiltshire | … | 68 |
West Midland Region
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| Hereford and Worcester | … | 56 |
| Salop | … | 39 |
| Staffordshire | … | 90 |
| Warwickshire | … | 77 |
| West Midlands | … | 229 |
| North Western Region | ||
| Cheshire | … | 90 |
| Greater Manchester | … | 152 |
| Lancashire | … | 86 |
| Merseyside | … | 158 |
| SCOTLAND | ||
| Borders | … | 20 |
| Central | … | 58 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | … | 23 |
| Fife | … | 72 |
| Grampian | … | 32 |
| Highland | … | 14 |
| Lothian | … | 92 |
| Orkney | … | 14 |
| Shetland | … | 13 |
| Strathclyde | … | 68 |
| Tayside | … | 41 |
| Western Isles | … | 13 |
| WALES | ||
| Clwyd | … | 50 |
| Dyfed | … | 26 |
| Gwent | … | 67 |
| Gwynedd | … | 30 |
| Mid Glamorgan | … | 88 |
| Powys | … | 15 |
| South Glamorgan | … | 114 |
| West Glamorgan | … | 113 |
Comparable figures for Northern Ireland are not available.