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Mr. Tebbit
asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the number of privately owned cars registered in each year since 1945.
Mr. Horam
The total stock of vehicles currently licensed in the private taxation class in the United Kingdom is given in the table attached:
| Year and Stock of Private Vehicles | |
| Thousand | |
| 1945 | 1,522 |
| 1946 | 1,807 |
| 1947 | 1,984 |
| 1948 | 2,002 |
| 1949 | 2,178 |
| 1950 | 2,307 |
| 1951 | 2,433 |
| 1952 | 2,565 |
| 1953 | 2,825 |
| 1954 | 3,173 |
| 1955 | 3,609 |
| 1956 | 3,981 |
| 1957 | 4,282 |
| 1958 | 4,651 |
| 1959 | 5,081 |
| 1960 | 5,650 |
| 1961 | 6,114 |
| 1962 | 6,706 |
| 1963 | 7,547 |
| 1964 | 8,436 |
| 1965 | 9,131 |
| 1966 | 9,747 |
| 1967 | 10,554 |
| 1968 | 11,078 |
| 1969 | 11,504 |
| 1970 | 11,802 |
| 1971 | 12,361 |
| 1972 | 13,021 |
| 1973 | 13,806 |
| 1974 | 13,948 |
| 1975 | 14,061 |
| 1976 | 14,373 |