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Transport
Murdo Fraser (Conservative) | Question S3W-40339
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-27817 by Stewart Stevenson on 28 October 2009, how many petrol stations there have been in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.
Keith Brown (Scottish National Party)
The following table shows the number of petrol stations in operation in Scotland between 1999 and 2010. The data is taken from a Scottish extract of the Inter Departmental Business Register (IDBR) which is maintained by the Office for National Statistics.
Number of Business Sites1,2 of Registered Enterprises in SIC Code 50.5: Retail Sale of Automotive Fuel by Local Authority Area3 for 1999 to 20104
| Local Authority | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Aberdeen City | 40 | 40 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 15 |
| Aberdeenshire | 55 | 50 | 50 | 45 | 45 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 30 | 35 | 35 |
| Angus | 15 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Argyll and Bute | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 40 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| Clackmannanshire | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 50 | 50 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 35 | 35 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| Dundee City | 25 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| East Ayrshire | 25 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 20 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 |
| East Lothian | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 |
| East Renfrewshire | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 35 | 30 | 45 | 40 | 45 | 45 | 35 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 20 |
| Eilean Siar | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Falkirk | 25 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Fife | 65 | 65 | 55 | 40 | 40 | 30 | 30 | 35 | 30 | 20 | 15 | 20 |
| Glasgow City | 60 | 60 | 60 | 50 | 55 | 50 | 50 | 40 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 20 |
| Highland | 70 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 55 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 50 | 50 |
| Inverclyde | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Midlothian | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Moray | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| North Ayrshire | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 |
| North Lanarkshire | 45 | 45 | 35 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 30 | 35 | 35 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Orkney Islands | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Perth and Kinross | 40 | 40 | 40 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 15 |
| Renfrewshire | 25 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 5 |
| Scottish Borders | 15 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Shetland Islands | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| South Ayrshire | 20 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 |
| South Lanarkshire | 50 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 20 |
| Stirling | 10 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| West Lothian | 25 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 15 |
| Total | 880 | 835 | 810 | 750 | 745 | 700 | 680 | 645 | 575 | 510 | 490 | 450 |
Notes:
Totals may not equal the sum of the constituent parts due to rounding.
Due to rounding to the nearest five, a local business site count of 0 could represent 1 or 2 business sites.
1. Excludes central and local government.
2. It is likely that the SIC code 50.5: Retail Sale of Automotive Fuel will not capture petrol stations that are attached to large supermarkets. The activities of these petrol stations may come under the retail SIC code of the supermarket. The SIC code of a business site is determined by its main activity.
3. Includes June 2002 local authority boundary changes between the City of Edinburgh and West Lothian and Glasgow City and Renfrewshire.
4. For 1999 to 2004 the extract used from the IDBR was taken in November. For 2005 to 2010 the extract used from the IDBR was taken in March.