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.
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