§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many people it is estimated are dependent on public transport (a) in rural and (b) in urban areas.
§ Mr. EyreFrom the 1978–79 national travel survey and other sources, is is estimated that in Great Britain in 1981, 1¼ million persons in rural areas-16 per cent. of the population of rural areas—lived in households without the regular use of private motor transport. In urban areas, the corresponding figures were 15½ million persons—33 per cent. of the population of urban areas. However, 153W people's dependency on public transport is affected by many factors other than whether their household has regular use of a private motor vehicle.