HC Deb 16 July 1985 vol 83 cc109-10W
Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what was the total contribution to the United Kingdom balance of payments from the airline industry in 1964 and in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Ridley

Following is the information:

United Kingdom balance of payments—Civil aviation
Balances—£ million
United Kingdom airlines Foreign airlines Overall balance
1964 51 -24 27
1975 217 -112 105
1976 316 -107 209
1977 337 -118 219
1978 438 -159 279
1979 341 -53 288
1980 350 45 395
1981 323 114 437
1982 358 33 391
1983 508 -80 428
1984 521 -52 469

Source:

Central Statistical Office Pink Book.

Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for Transport how many people have been employed in civil aviation in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Ridley

In 1984, the number of people employed in civil aviation was about 85,000. Earlier years figures are not readily available. The numbers of people employed by United Kingdom airlines in Great Britain for 1975 to 1984 are as follows:

Vehicle type Year/Road class Cars and taxis Light goods vehicles HGVs under 28 tonnes GVW HGVs over 28 tonnes GVW All HGVs
1970
Motorways 5.96 0.56 1.97
Trunk roads 25.61 2.84 5.58
1975
Motorways 14.02 1.30 2.28 1.42 3.70
Trunk roads 27.58 3.11 3.45 1.53 4.98
1980
Motorways 20.77 1.83 2.68 2.37 5.05
Trunk roads 32.90 3.34 3.15 1.83 4.98

Note: No breakdown of HGV's for the above categories is abailable for 1970.

Current national forecasts are for all categories of road together with no isolation of trunk roads and motorways. They were published, with the background underlying

Numbers employed at 31 December
Thousands
1975 57.3
1976 60.2
1977 63.3
1978 67.1
1979 67.6
1980 65.0
1981 56.4
1982 50.2
1983 46.8
1984 49.3

Source: CAA.

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