HC Deb 25 October 1994 vol 248 c571W
Mr. Betts

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been employed in the bus building industry in each year since 1979.

Mr. Oppenheim

Estimates for the bus building industry are not available separately. The figures are included in the estimates for "Manufacture of motor vehicles and parts". The available information is given in the following table:

Employees in the manufacture of motor vehicles

and parts thereof (sic 35): Great Britain
Thousands
1979 464
1980 434
1981 361
1982 315
1983 296
1984 278
1985 271
1986 263
1987 257
1988 268
1989 262
1990 246
1991 222
1992 226
1993 202
1994 197
Figures as at June of each year.