§ Mr. Hillasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many tractors 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.
§ Mr. David Mitchell[pursuant to his reply, 13 March 1980]: Information on world production of tractors is not available. Following is the number of tractors produced in the United Kingdom since 1950.
Year Agricultural Tractors (3 and 4-wheeled) 1950 … … … 117,445 1951 … … … 137,387 1952 … … … 122,808 1953 … … … 109,327 1954 … … … 132,886 1955 … … … 133,043 1956 … … … 108,545 1957 … … … 144,117 1958 … … … 141,128 1959 … … … 161,382 1960 … … … 180,981 1961 … … … 175,724 1962 … … … 200,902 1963 … … … 229,104 1964 … … … 203,447 1965 … … … 177,787 1966 … … … 196,798 1967 … … … 166,204 1968 … … … 178,774 1969 … … … 179,866 1970 … … … 160,718 1971 … … … 151,004 1972 … … … 134,295 1973 … … … 119,300 1974 … … … 119,600 1975 … … … 141,700 1976 … … … 161,500 1977 … … … 147,200 1978 … … … 111,900