HC Deb 16 July 1985 vol 83 cc106-7W
Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the modifications to lorry construction affecting safety, scale and noise levels enforced by his Department in each of the last 12 years.

Mr. Ridley

The following are the main new requirements for lorry and trailer construction brought in by regulation over the period. Minor changes, those affecting special or rare types of lorry and provisions merely to allow Community standards as alternatives, are omitted.

International Passengers at United Kingdom Airports—Estimated Breakdown by Purpose of Travel
*Leisure Business
1964 75.9 24.1
1975 77.4 22.6
1976 76.1 23.9
1977 76.1 23.9
1978 76.5 23.5
1979 76.5 23.5

*Leisure Business
1980 77.4 22.6
1981 77.5 22.5
1982 78.5 21.5
1983 78.1 21.9
1984 78.1 21.9

Source: International Passenger Survey

* Leisure includes those travelling for the purpose of a holiday; visiting friends and relations; formal study; medical, religious or marriage reasons; taking up employment and seeking employment. The vast majority of leisure travellers are on holiday or are visiting friends and relations.

Vehicle kilometres by Type of Operator: Great Britain
(millions)
All Operators Passenger Transport Executives Municipal Operators National Bus Company Scottish Bus Group Private Operators
1964 3,795 682 312 1,468 295 641
1972 3,416 557 256 1,201 246 848
1973 3,426 556 257 1,191 245 886
1974 3,462 546 259 1,188 221 967
1975 3,550 554 261 1,191 240 1,019
1976 3,511 545 259 1,142 231 1,041
1977 3,451 524 250 1,110 216 1,062
1978 3,404 517 246 1,075 212 1,077
1979 3,338 505 242 1,045 208 1,073
1980 3,280 510 241 1,026 203 1,020
1981 3,227 487 233 973 206 1,048
1982 3,206 485 232 972 200 1,051
1983 3,280 482 231 969 202 1,131

The ownership of a number of operators changed in the period to 1975. The figures for earlier years have been adjusted to conform to the present ownership categories. For example, the passenger transport executive figure for 1964 consists of the municipal and private operators which later formed the PTEs. The vehicles kms. of operators in 1964 as they then existed were:

Million
Municipal Operators 562
Nationalised 592
Private 930

Staff employed at end of year by type of operators: Great Britain
(thousands)
All operators Passenger transport executives Municipal operators National bus company Scottish bus group private operators
1964 275 58 29 94 19 32
1972 220.6 47.0 23.0 71.1 14.6 30.7
1973 212.6 44.9 20.8 69.4 14.6 31.1
1974 215.4 46.0 21.3 70.9 14.4 30.5
1975 224.4 47.2 21.6 72.1 14.6 34.0
1976 218.5 46.2 20.9 69.0 13.4 34.2
1977 212.1 45.3 20.1 66.0 13.0 32.9
1978 211.1 45.6 19.8 63.6 12.4 34.7
1979 208.9 44.7 19.4 62.6 11.7 35.8
1980 201.0 45.1 19.2 57.7 10.8 34.3
1981 190.3 40.9 17.9 52.7 9.6 35.3
1982 187.0 39.4 17.5 50.9 9.3 37.5
1983 187.4 39.9 17.4 48.8 9.2 39.8

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