HC Deb 14 February 2003 vol 400 c72W
Mr. Blunt

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many retail petrol filling stations there are in the UK; and how many there were in(a) 2000 and (b) 1997. [98046]

Mr. Wilson

The Institute of Petroleum's (IP) annual "Retail Survey 2001" has provided the following data on the number of retail petrol filling stations in the UK.

Number of retail petrol stations in the UK
End of 1997 End of 2000 End of 2002
14,824 13,043 Yet to be published