Motor Vehicles: Sales

Mr. Amess
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.

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

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