§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report for each year since 1970 such information as he has available showing the number of cars produced by Ford and General Motors in Germany and Belgium and sold in the United Kingdom and the number of cars produced by such firms in the United Kingdom and sold in Germany and Belgium.
§ Mr. ButcherThe following is the available information:
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United Kingdom Passenger Car Exports to Germany units Manufacturer Ford General Motors (Vauxhall) 1970 1,077 344 1971 1,023 353 1972 1,059 357 1973 2,198 320 1974 1,263 550 1975 950 277 1976 1,713 225 1977 3,652 455 1978 1,603 171 1979 1,386 292 1980 406 7,423 1981 1 5,473 1982 — 287 1983 * * * Not available.
United Kingdom Passenger Car Exports to Belgium and Luxembourg units Manufacturer Ford General Motors (Vauxhall) 1970 352 12,746 1971 494 10,259 1972 300 10,176 1973 269 7,775 1974 144 9,322 1975 3,686 7,397 1976 102 8,178 1977 419 3,268 1978 300 601 1979 373 976 1980 280 — 1981 700 — 1982 — — 1983 * * * Not available. Source: Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
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United Kingdom registrations of passenger cars sourced from overseas 000's Manufacturer (country of origin) Year Ford (West Germany) General Motors (West Germany)† Ford (Belgium) General Motors (Belgium)† 1970 — 2.6 — — 1971 — 8.7 — — 1972 — 15.1 — — 1973 0.2 15.2 — — 1974 0.2 8.3 — —
Manufacturer (country of origin) Year Ford (West Germany) General Motors (West Germany)† Ford (Belgium) General Motors (Belgium)† 1975 0.1 10.3 — 0.4 1976 28.6 15.7 — 29.8 1977 83.1 9.1 2.0 47.1 1978 85.1 13.0 31.1 44.4 1979 114.2 18.7 64.9 26.1 1980 85.1 29.1 49.1 20.7 1981 76.7 46.3 52.9 11.7 1982 100.3 30.1 66.9 48.8 *1983 139.3 63.2 45.3 39.4 * January to October. † Sales under the Vauxhall and Opel marque. Source: Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.