HC Deb 13 March 1980 vol 980 cc685-6W
Mr. Hill

asked the Secretary of State for Industry (1) how many tractors

PASSENGER CARS PERCENTAGE SHARES OF TOTAL WORLD PRODUCTION (based on numbers of cars produced)
United Kingdom France Italy West Germany Japan
1964 10.9 8.1 6.0 15.5 3.3
1965 9.0 7.4 5.8 14.3 3.6
1966 8.3 9.3 6.7 14.7 4.6
1967 8.6 9.8 8.0 12.7 7.6
1968 8.4 8.5 7.2 13.3 9.5
1969 7.6 9.6 6.5 14.6 11.5
1970 7.3 10.9 7.6 15.7 14.1
1971 6.6 10.3 6.5 14.1 14.2
1972 7.0 10.0 6.4 12.9 14.8
1973 6.0 9.8 6.2 12.4 15.2
1974 6.0 10.6 6.4 11.2 15.5
1975 5.2 10.3 5.5 11.8 18.6
1976 4.7 10.4 5.1 12.4 17.6
1977 4.4 10.2 4.8 12.5 17.9
1978 4.0 10.1 4.9 12.6 18.6

Data are not available prior to 1964.

were produced in the United Kingdom in each year from 1950 to the latest year for which figures are available; and what, by volume and by value, these represented as a percentage of the total production of tractors in each of these years;

(2) how many motor vehicles were produced in the United Kingdom in each year from 1950 to the latest year for which figures are available; and what, in each of these years, was this as a percentage of total world motor vehicle production.

Mr. David Mitchell

I shall reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.