Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

Mr. Greg Knight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many vehicles are registered in the road tax band (a) A, (b) B, (c) C, (d) D, (e) E, (f) F and (g) G; and how many vehicles are registered as historic.

Dr. Ladyman
The information requested, as at 31 December 2006, can be found in the following table.

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|Tax band|Volume   |
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|Band A  |350      |
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|Band B  |378,473  |
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|Band C  |3,970,719|
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|Band D  |3,276,140|
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|Band E  |2,508,969|
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|Band F  |3,553,507|
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|Band G  |129,510  |
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The number of vehicles licensed in the historic tax class as at 31 December 2006 was 307,407.