Table 2.1 Vehicle stock 1, 2 by type of vehicle #
Type of vehicle | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
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Single Deckers 3:- | thousand |
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9 to 16 seats (minibuses) | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
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17-35 seats | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
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36 plus seats (inc all coaches) | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
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All single deckers | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.8 |
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Double deckers | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
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Total | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 9.3 |
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1. Public Service Vehicles in the "bus and coach" taxation class, and in the former "hackney" class, having nine or more seats.
Excludes PSVs operated under a special restricted licence i.e. taxis.
2. Figures shown relate to the financial year end.
3. A breakdown by number of seats is not available from 2003-04 onwards because DfT has dropped this from the revised questionnaire
# There is a break in series between 1998/99 and 1999/00 because, in September 2005 DfT revised the figures for 1999/00 onwards.
For example, DfT used information from operators' recent returns to correct retrospectively the previous data in their earlier years' returns, and an improved method to gross-up the results from the sample.