To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his estimate is of the change in the price of train fares in the west midlands over the past three years. (112264)

Figures are not available by county. Fares for regional operators are compiled by the Office of Rail Regulation and published every year in a document called National Rail Trends Yearbook. Copies of the relevant editions of National Rail Trends Yearbook (2005-06, 2004-05 and 2003-04) will be placed in the Library and are also available at the following addresses respectively:

http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/294.pdf

http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/nrt0405-yr-rev.pdf

http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/nrt0304-yr.pdf