Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the (a) number of factory closures and (b) levels of employment in the automotive industry.
Answered by Sarah Jones
The number of registered business births (registrations), deaths (de-registrations) and stock of active automotive manufacturing businesses from 2018 to 2023 were as follows:
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Births | 510 | 445 | 395 | 570 | 435 | 320 |
Deaths | 390 | 365 | 425 | 440 | 480 | 400 |
Stock | 3,820 | 3,830 | 3,875 | 4,080 | 4,005 | 3,890 |
Source: ONS Business Demography
Employment levels (employees and self-employed) in automotive manufacturing between 2018 and 2023 were as follows:
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Employment (‘000s) | 168 | 167 | 166 | 165 | 151 | 152 |
Source: ONS Employee Jobs and Self-employed Jobs
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