To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many (a) passenger cars and (b) light vans (i) were de-registered and (ii) had their registration certification annulled in the latest year for which information is available; and how many certificates of destruction were issued for end-of-life vehicles in the latest year for which information is available. (296414)

The information sought is not held in the format requested. Separate figures are not recorded for passenger cars and light vans.

In the financial year 2008-09:

(a) the total number of vehicles destroyed was 1,109,574;

(b) the total number of certificates of destruction issued was 1,026,054;

(c) the total number of vehicles de-registered on the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency vehicle register was 909,653.