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Bus Services: Fares

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the year-on-year percentage change in adult bus fares in (a) passenger transport executive areas, (b) London and (c) other areas of England was in each year since 1986 before the effects of local and national changes in concessionary travel. (220277)

The following table shows the estimated percentage change in local bus fares in each year from 1985-86 to 2006-07 for England, London, passenger transport executive (PTE) areas and other areas. The estimate for 2006-07 has been adjusted to show change before the likely estimated effect of the introduction of concessionary bus fares on 1 April 2006.

Data are not available for the period which covers the introduction of the national concession on 1 April 2008. Data are not available to adjust the data series for any discretionary local concessionary arrangements.

Percentage

London

English PTE areas

English non-PTE areas

England

1986-87

6

27

5

11

1987-88

5

9

5

6

1988-89

11

6

5

6

1989-90

10

8

8

8

1990-91

10

11

10

10

1991-92

10

12

8

9

1992-93

8

7

4

6

1993-94

8

5

3

5

1994-95

6

4

4

5

1995-96

5

5

4

5

1996-97

4

5

5

5

1997-98

4

6

5

5

1998-99

4

5

5

4

1999-2000

3

5

5

4

2000-01

0

4

5

4

2001-02

-2

5

5

4

2002-03

-1

4

5

3

2003-04

2

4

5

4

2004-05

8

4

5

6

2005-06

10

8

7

8

2006-07

8

6

6

7

Note:

The data for 2006-07 have been adjusted to show the change before the likely estimated effect of the introduction of concessionary bus fares on 1 April 2006.