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Sir Gerard Vaughan
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information his Department holds on the number of licensed vehicles in the United Kingdom, by region.
Mr. Chope
The records kept at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency show the total number of vehicles licensed in the United Kingdom, by region, as at 31 December 1990 were as follows:
| Number of licensed vehicles | |
| Region | Thousands |
| Northern | 1,104 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 1,995 |
| East Midlands | 1,758 |
| East Anglia | 1,097 |
| South East | 8,229 |
| South West | 2,403 |
| West Midlands | 2,456 |
| North West | 2,566 |
| Scotland | 1,811 |
| Wales | 1,222 |
| Not known | 32 |
| Total Great Britain | 24,673 |
| Northern Ireland | 543 |
| Total United Kingdom | 25,216 |