§ Mr. David Marshallasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of all categories of personnel employed in the road passenger transport industry in Scotland as at June 1979 and the same date in each year to 1986.
§ Mr. AncramThe total numbers of personnel employed by operators of public service vehicles, as at 31 December 1985, for the years 1979–1985, are as follows:
Year Numbers 1979 24,562 1980 23,807 1981 22,170 1982 21,302 1983 21,704 1984 21,316 11985 20,300 1 The 1985 figure is an average over the whole year as the method of collecting statistics was changed in 1985. Figures for 1986 are not yet available. There are no equivalent figures for persons employed in the hire-car industry.