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Percentage of families headed by
a lone parent: 19
In France and Germany: 11-13
In Greece, Spain and Italy: 5-6
Motor vehicles licensed on British
roads: 24,351,062
Convictions for theft or unauthorised taking of
a motor vehicle in 1987: 5,840
In 1991: 4,073
Times British cars would stretch round the
world in a traffic jam: 1.5
Current DTI funding for improved engine energy efficiency and pollution control
per vehicle: 10p
Government studies of the health effects of
air pollution in the M25 corridor: 0
Value of award by the Museums & Galleries Improvement Fund to the National Museum of Film and Television: pounds 50,000
To the Imperial War Museum: pounds 600,000
UK test firings of (American-made) Polaris nuclear missiles: 42
Anti-diarrhoea medicines available
on prescription: 43
UK taxpayer support for Northern Ireland in 1966-7 at today's prices: pounds 489,000
In 1992-3: pounds 3,296,000,000
Sources: Duchy of Lancaster; DSS (1990); ibid; ibid; DVLA; Home Office; ibid; RM/Helicon (20,115,615 10-ft units); RM/DTI ( pounds 2.5m); Dept of Health; Museums & Galleries Improvement Fund; ibid; Ministry of Defence; RM/Dept of Health; NI Office; ibid (including security)
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