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Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 6 May 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 May 2009. It was answered by Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour) on Monday, 11 May 2009 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Motor Vehicles: Fuels

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many and what percentage of cars in the UK were (a) diesel, (b) unleaded petrol, (c) hybrid, (d) electric and (e) other in each year since 1997.
Answer

The numbers (in thousands) and percentages of cars of different propulsion types licensed in Great Britain in each year since 1997 were as follows:

Thousand/percentage
Diesel Petrol Hybrid electric Electric Other
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
1997 2,441 11 20,385 89 0 0 — — 6 —
1998 2,693 12 20,591 88 0 0 — — 10 —
1999 2,930 12 21,031 88 0 0 — — 14 —
2000 3,153 13 21,233 87 — — — — 20 —
2001 3,460 14 21,641 86 1 — — — 24 —
2002 3,912 15 21,839 85 1 — — — 29 —
2003 4,400 17 21,805 83 1 — — — 34 —
2004 5,011 19 21,977 81 3 — — — 38 —
2005 5,596 20 21,876 79 8 — — — 40 —
2006 6,135 22 21,635 78 17 — — — 43 —
2007 6,716 24 21,432 76 32 — 1 — 46 —
2008 7,227 25 21,064 74 47 — 1 — 51 —
'—' is given where the value is negligible (less than half the final digit shown).

The data presented above relate to the position at the 31 December each year.The Department for Transport does not hold statistics regarding vehicle registrations in Northern Ireland.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
492 c500W; 274417
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Fuels Motor vehicles
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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