To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 24 May 2023 to Question 185865 on Diesel Vehicles, how many diesel cars were registered for the first time in each region of England in (a) 2022 and (b) each month in 2023.
Answered on
6 December 2023
The number of new diesel cars registered to keepers in each region of England in a) 2022 and (b) each month in 2023, is given in the tables below for the period for which data are available:
Region | 2022 |
East Midlands | 10,370 |
East of England | 11,574 |
London | 5,385 |
North East | 3,931 |
North West | 16,493 |
South East | 24,300 |
South West | 11,764 |
West Midlands | 11,738 |
Yorkshire and Humberside | 10,493 |
Total | 106,048 |
Region | January 2023 | February 2023 | March 2023 | April 2023 | May 2023 | June 2023 |
East Midlands | 602 | 369 | 1,897 | 1,039 | 1,237 | 1,292 |
East of England | 656 | 502 | 1,739 | 857 | 762 | 900 |
London | 388 | 197 | 809 | 422 | 441 | 460 |
North East | 223 | 128 | 589 | 291 | 284 | 320 |
North West | 1,046 | 574 | 2,687 | 1,269 | 1,327 | 1,534 |
South East | 2,279 | 1,243 | 5,048 | 2,046 | 2,237 | 2,449 |
South West | 638 | 394 | 1,643 | 746 | 761 | 827 |
West Midlands | 715 | 441 | 1,777 | 1,048 | 716 | 944 |
Yorkshire and Humberside | 689 | 328 | 1,686 | 839 | 726 | 939 |
Total | 7,236 | 4,176 | 17,875 | 8,557 | 8,491 | 9,665 |
Note that the keeper of the vehicle is responsible for registering and taxing the vehicle only. The keeper of the vehicle is not necessarily the owner or the driver, e.g. fleet vehicles owned by companies. Most (61% in 2022) new registrations of diesel vehicles are to company keepers.