Further supplementary memorandum submitted
by the Freight Transport Association
I refer to your fax of 9 November seeking details
of businesses going under as a consequence of fuel increases.
Of course it is very difficult to be specific
in blaming fuel price or duty as the cause of closure. However,
they are very frequently cited as the most influential cause.
I attach herewith some recent material supplied
to us by the Statistics Directorate at the DTI. I'm not sure,
however, that these figures tell us too much.
I would also refer you to some supplementary
evidence which we submitted to the ETR Select Committee inquiry
into the same subject earlier in the year.[3]
A list of company closures appears on page 229
of their report titled "The Road Haulage Industry".1
16 November 2000
| |
| Individual
Bankruptcy
Orders
| Company
Compulsory
Liquidations
|
| 1991 | Q2 |
341 | 91
|
| | Q3
| 292 | 84
|
| | Q4
| 446 | 104
|
| 1992 | Q1 |
507 | 90
|
| | Q2
| 408 | 115
|
| | Q3
| 387 | 78
|
| | Q4
| 434 | 114
|
| 1993 | Q1 |
421 | 79
|
| | Q2
| 361 | 71
|
| | Q3
| 336 | 68
|
| | Q4
| 363 | 76
|
| 1994 | Q1 |
374 | 62
|
| | Q2
| 287 | 61
|
| | Q3
| 262 | 48
|
| | Q4
| 226 | 64
|
| 1995 | Q1 |
233 | 43
|
| | Q2
| 254 | 58
|
| | Q3
| 225 | 49
|
| | Q4
| 212 | 54
|
| 1996 | Q1 |
246 | 46
|
| | Q2
| 231 | 55
|
| | Q3
| 288 | 41
|
| | Q4
| 243 | 55
|
| 1997 | Q1 |
223 | 43
|
| | Q2
| 280 | 35
|
| | Q3
| 236 | 44
|
| | Q4
| 232 | 52
|
| 1998 | Q1 |
204 | 40
|
| | Q2
| 182 | 43
|
| | Q3
| 232 | 44
|
| | Q4
| 211 | 47
|
| 1999 | Q1 |
277 | 35
|
| | Q2
| 260 | 35
|
| | Q3
| 234 | 35
|
| | Q4
| 208 | 47
|
| 2000 | Q1 |
253 | 44
|
| | Q2
| 242 | 50
|
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