Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department holds data on the level of motor vehicle ownership in (a) England and (b) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last five years.
The numbers of vehicles registered in England and in the Middlesbrough and East Cleveland constituency at the end of each of the last five years are as follows:-
Year | Licensed vehicles (thousands) | Mid year Population Estimates (thousands) | Vehicles per 1000 population |
(a) England | |||
2011 | 29,069 | 53,107 | 547 |
2012 | 29,275 | 53,494 | 547 |
2013 | 29,692 | 53,866 | 551 |
2014 | 30,361 | 54,317 | 559 |
2015 | 31,047 | 54,786 | 567 |
(b) Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland | |||
2011 | 48.2 | 92.8 | 520 |
2012 | 48.4 | 92.6 | 523 |
2013 | 48.8 | 92.5 | 528 |
2014 | 49.9 | 92.7 | 539 |
2015 | 50.3 | 1 | 1 |
Vehicle statistics are derived from the DVLA vehicle register. This is an operational database used to handle the licensing of vehicles registered in the United Kingdom. The number of vehicles are those where the address of the registered keeper is located in (a) England and (b) within the Middlesbrough and East Cleveland constituency. Mid year population estimates published by the Office for National Statistics. 1. figures for 2015 are not yet available. |