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Cars: Registration

Asked by Helen WhatelyConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 17 November 2025UIN 89513

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new cars were registered in (a) Blackpool South, (b) Birkenhead, (c) Bootle, (d) Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare, (e) Rhondda and Ogmore, (f) Hartlepool and (g) Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituencies in each of the last five years.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

We do not readily hold new vehicle registration figures at the requested geographic level.

Information on licensed vehicles broken down by Upper and lower tier local authorities and lower super output areas (LSOA) are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tables

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