Motor Vehicles: Sales

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimate he has made of the number of car sales during each month since January 2008; and if he will make a statement. (259053)

According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), new car registrations in the UK since January 2008 were as follows:

	Number
January 2008	162,097
February 2008	69,610
March 2008	451,642
April 2008	175,668
May 2008	179,272
June 2008	209,190
July 2008	153,420
August 2008	63,225
September 2008	330,295
October 2008	128,352
November 2008	100,333
December 2008	108,691
January 2009	112,087

Volume 488: debated on Wednesday 4 March 2009