Bus Services
(asked on 10th January 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of trained bus drivers in each year since 2010.
This question was answered on 18th January 2019
The Office for National Statistics Labour Force Survey collects information on the number of people in the UK in employment as a ‘Bus or Coach Driver’. The totals for 2010 to 2018 are given in the table below.
Bus and coach drivers in employment: UK, 2010 to 2018 (Apr-Jun each year)
Year | Total in employment |
2010 | 132,000 |
2011 | 116,000 |
2012 | 105,000 |
2013 | 97,000 |
2014 | 100,000 |
2015 | 122,000 |
2016 | 119,000 |
2017 | 140,000 |
2018 | 138,000 |