HC Deb 18 March 2003 vol 401 c691W
Mr. Peter Duncan

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many motor fuel retailers were trading in(a) 1997 and (b) the most recent year for which figures are available. [103047]

Mr Wilson

The Institute of Petroleum's (IP) annual "Retail Survey 2002" provides the following data on the number of retail petrol filling stations in the UK.

  • End of 1997—14,824
  • End of 2002—12,201