§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the average price per unit mile of an ordinary second-class return rail tickets in each year 1964 to 1976.
§ Mr. MarksThe information is not available in the form requested but estimates are published by the British Railways Board in its annual reports and accounts of the average fare per passenger mile for all ordinary full fare tickets—first and second class, both single and return—from 1964 up to and including 1974. The figures are:
New Pence 1964 1.27 1965 1.37 1966 1.41 1967 1.43 1968 1.45 1969 1.55 1970 1.64 1971 1.92 1972 2.12 1973 2.29 1974 2.42 1975: This information will not be available until March this year.