Public Transport: Costs

Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the change in cost to the passenger of public transport in real terms in each year since 1997, broken down by mode of transport. (142838)

Table 1 shows in index form bus and coach fares and rail fares in real terms in each year since 1997.

*Table 1: real changes in the cost of transport: UK 1997 to 2006—(Index 1997 = 100)*
	Bus and coach fares	Rail fares
1997	100.0	100.0
1998	99.9	100.7
1999	101.9	102.8
2000	103.0	101.5
2001	105.4	103.6
2002	106.9	104.2
2003	108.2	103.0
2004	110.5	103.9
2005	114.6	105.1
2006	112.6	105.9
Source: Office for National Statistics

Between 1997 and 2006 the real cost of bus and coach fares has increased by 12.6 per cent. and rail fares have increased by 5.9 per cent.

Volume 461: debated on Tuesday 19 June 2007