asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many motor vehicles, by category, special car tax was collected on entry into the United Kingdom by land in each of the last six months for which such figures are available.

The figures are as follows:

October 1981	5
November 1981	35
December 1981	9
January 1982	31
February 1982	88
March 1982	442

I regret that records of car tax payments at the place of importation do not distinguish between different categories of vehicles, for example, "new" or "used" or on the basis of country of manufacture.