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Cars: Registration

Asked by Helen WhatelyConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 17 November 2025UIN 89520

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new cars were registered in the (a) West Yorkshire Combined Authority, (b) Cardiff Capital Region (Combined Authority), (c) Swansea Bay City Region and (d) North of Tyne Combined Authority in each of the last five years.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

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

Information on licensed vehicles at the upper and lower tier local authority and lower super output area (LSOA) are available at:

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

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