HC Deb 28 October 1986 vol 103 c129W
Mr. David Marshall

asked 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. Ancram

The 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.