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Volume 474: debated on Thursday 3 April 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) bus and (b) rail passenger journeys were made in each region in each year since 1997. (195928)

The following extract from the Department's Public Transport Statistics Bulletin, a copy of which is in the House Library, shows the bus passenger journeys, in calendar years, since 1997-98.

Bus passenger journeys1 by GO region: 1997-98 to 2006-07

Million

Region

1997-98

1998-99

1999-2000

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

North East

268

258

256

249

242

244

227

217

207

206

North West

551

554

512

506

516

512

518

506

501

498

Yorkshire and the Humber

419

394

398

397

387

388

376

358

362

376

East Midlands

215

218

215

216

212

212

211

200

201

210

West Midlands

471

454

457

459

455

439

422

414

403

402

East of England

167

169

176

183

178

173

169

167

164

183

London

1,28

1,26

1,29

1,34

1,42

1,52

1,69

1,80

1,88

1,99

South East

285

302

305

297

285

288

288

291

292

308

South West

202

193

190

188

185

182

184

185

184

195

England

3,85

3,80

3,80

3,84

3,88

3,96

4,08

4,14

4,19

4,37

Wales2

122

118

117

119

108

115

116

118

118

119

Scotland

448

424

455

458

466

471

478

479

477

482

Great Britain

4,43

4,35

4,37

4,42

4,45

4,55

4,68

4,73

4,79

4,97

1 Each boarding of the vehicle is counted as one journey.

2 Wales includes Great Orme trams.

Note:

PTE data are from DfT's survey of operators. They might differ from PTE’s own survey data.

Source:

DfT survey of PSV operators

The Department for Transport does not hold information on the number of rail passenger journeys made in each region in each year since 1997. The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) does, however, publish regional rail passenger flows in the National Rail Trends Yearbook editions, which are available in the House Library or from their website:

www.rail-reg.gov.uk