Bus Services Norman Baker 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. Ms Rosie Winterton 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