Airports: Stansted Lord Hanningfield asked Her Majesty's Government: How many and what proportion of air passengers travelled to Stansted Airport by public transport in each of the past 10 years. [HL4563] Lord Bassam of Brighton The table below shows the number and proportion of air passengers who travelled to or from Stansted Airport by public transport in 1996 and 2000 to 2007. Data for 1997 to 1999 are not available. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Passengers using public transport %|Passengers using public transport (million)|Total terminating passengers (million)| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1996 |33 |1.5 |4.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000 |34 |3.7 |11.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |35 |4.4 |12.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |34 |4.9 |14.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |39 |6.1 |15.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |40 |7.3 |18.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |39 |7.5 |19.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |40 |8.5 |21.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007 |45 |9.6 |21.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Source: CAA Passenger Survey | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 figures for use of public transport are based on final mode of transport used by passengers arriving at Stansted| | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------