| Bus and Coach Statistics: 1997-98 |
| 8. Staff Employed |
| Table 8.1 Staff employed1 : by type of employment |
1987-88 |
1988-89 |
1989-90 |
1990-91 |
1991-92 |
1992-93 |
1993-94 |
1994-95 |
1995-96 |
1996-97 |
1997-98 |
1997-98 % change over |
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1 year (1996-97) |
10 years (1987-88) |
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| (a) Scotland | thousand |
% |
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| Platform staff2 | 13.1 |
12.8 |
13.0 |
12.5 |
12.9 |
12.6 |
12.6 |
12.1 |
12.3 |
12.1 |
12.4 |
2 |
-5 |
| Maintenance and other staff2 | |||||||||||||
| Maintenance | 4.0 |
3.9 |
4.1 |
4.0 |
3.9 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
2.8 |
-7 |
-30 |
| Other | 3.0 |
3.0 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
2.5 |
2.2 |
2.3 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
-5 |
-40 |
| Total | 7.0 |
6.8 |
6.8 |
6.7 |
6.4 |
5.8 |
5.9 |
5.5 |
5.0 |
4.9 |
4.5 |
-8 |
-36 |
| All staff | 20.1 |
19.6 |
19.8 |
19.3 |
19.4 |
18.4 |
18.5 |
17.6 |
17.3 |
17.0 |
17.0 |
0 |
-15 |
| (b) Great Britain | |||||||||||||
| Platform staff2 | 104.0 |
104.5 |
105.5 |
104.6 |
103.6 |
103.1 |
105.0 |
105.0 |
106.1 |
106.3 |
108.8 |
2 |
5 |
| Maintenance and other staff2 | |||||||||||||
| Maintenance | 29.9 |
29.1 |
27.9 |
27.2 |
25.8 |
24.5 |
23.9 |
23.1 |
22.0 |
21.3 |
19.9 |
-6 |
-33 |
| Other | 25.9 |
25.6 |
24.7 |
23.5 |
22.0 |
20.7 |
19.1 |
20.2 |
17.8 |
18.0 |
17.3 |
-4 |
-33 |
| Total | 55.8 |
54.7 |
52.6 |
50.7 |
47.8 |
45.2 |
43.0 |
43.3 |
39.8 |
39.3 |
37.2 |
-5 |
-33 |
| All staff | 159.8 |
159.2 |
158.1 |
155.3 |
151.4 |
148.3 |
148.0 |
148.3 |
145.9 |
145.6 |
146.0 |
0 |
-9 |
| 1.
Figures relate to the financial year end. 2. Staff are classified according to their main occupation as some may have more than one function. |