HC Deb 22 November 1991 vol 199 c333W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of people employed in bus manufacture for each year since 1980.

Mr. Jackson

There are no separate estimates available for the bus manufacturing industry. The following tables give estimates of employees in employment for each year from 1980, for motor vehicles and their engines, motor vehicle bodies, trailers and caravans, in which bus manufacturing is included.

SIC groups 351–352
June Great Britain unadjusted for seasonal variations Thousands
1980 230.3
1981 191.8
1982 166.3
1983 165.4
1984 157.3
1985 156.8
1986 155.5
1987 154.6
1988 162.9
1989 160.9
1990 153.7
1991 139.1

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