HC Deb 30 January 2002 vol 379 cc386-7W
Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many retail petrol stations closed in(a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001. [30216]

Mr. Wilson

[holding answer 25 January 2002]: The Institute of Petroleum's (IP) annual "UK Retail Marketing Survey" (last published in March 2001) provides data on the total number of petrol retail outlets in operation in the UK.

The table, using the IP data, shows the number of petrol retail outlets in operation in the UK at the end of 1998, 1999 and 2000. The data for the end of 2001 will not be published until March of this year.

Number
1998 13,758
1999 13,716
2000 13,043