To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his estimate is of average UK household spending on (a) motoring, (b) rail travel and (c) bus travel, in each year from 1980–81 to 2002–03, using real terms prices at 2000–01 levels; and if he will make a statement. [101523]
The information requested is set out in the following table.
Average weekly UK household expenditure on motoring, rail and tube fares and bus and coach fares: 1980 to 2000–01
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£ per week
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2000–01 prices
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Motoring expenditure
| Rail and tube fares
| Bus and coach fares
| |
| 1980 | 33.60 | 2.02 | 2.82 |
| 1981 | 34.48 | 1.76 | 2.50 |
| 1982 | 34.05 | 1.65 | 2.53 |
| 1983 | 35.44 | 1.86 | 1.96 |
| 1984 | 36.60 | 1.67 | 2.00 |
| 1985 | 37.54 | 1.34 | 1.85 |
| 1986 | 37.16 | 1.28 | 1.86 |
| 1987 | 40.02 | 1.50 | 1.92 |
| 1988 | 40.57 | 1.67 | 1.91 |
| 1989 | 45.23 | 1.37 | 1.98 |
| 1990 | 45.95 | 1.48 | 1.67 |
| 1991 | 43.78 | 1.23 | 1.60 |
| 1992 | 44.11 | 1.45 | 1.55 |
| 1993 | 44.19 | 1.43 | 1.63 |
| 1994–95 | 42.63 | 1.26 | 1.57 |
| 1995–96 | 42.22 | 1.46 | 1.43 |
| 1996–97 | 45.91 | 1.44 | 1.54 |
| 1997–98 | 50.30 | 1.48 | 1.45 |
| 1998–99 | 54.14 | 1.95 | 1.37 |
| 1999–2000 | 54.13 | 1.90 | 1.47 |
| 2000–01 | 55.09 | 2.01 | 1.41 |
Note:
Fares do not include combined tickets, amounting to £0.91 in 2000–01.
Source:
Family Expenditure Survey, ONS