HC Deb 14 February 1997 vol 290 cc334-5W
Mr. Austin-Walker

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list(a) the annual percentage change and (b) the increase in fares on (i) London Buses, (ii) London Underground, (iii) all London Transport, (iv) Network SouthEast and (v) British Rail in each year since 1984–85, taking 1984–85 as the base, showing the increase in both actual and real terms; and what was the annual rate of inflation for each of those years. [15940]

Mr. Bowis

Available information is shown in the tables.

London Buses London Underground All London Transport Network SouthEast British Rail RPI
Actual Real Actual Real Actual Real Actual Real Actual Real
1995–96 5.1 1.8 4.9 1.6 4.9 1.6 n/a n/a 3.0 -0.3 3.3
1996–97 4.3 n/a 4.4 n/a 4.4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

1. Fares data for Network South East are no longer available.

2. BR data supplied by British Rail.

3. All other data are supplied by London Transport.

Mr. Austin-Walker

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list(a) the annual percentage change and (b) the increase in child fares on London Transport in each year since 1984–85, taking 1984–85 as the base, showing the increase in both actual and real terms. [15941]

Mr. Bowis

Available data from London Transport are as follows:

Percentage changes in London Transport child fares1: 1985–86 to 1995–96
Actual Real
1985–86 5.0 -0.8
1986–87 0.8 -2.4
1987–88 8.0 3.8
1988–89 19.5 12.8
1989–90 18.7 10.1
1990–91 9.2 -0.4
1991–92 16.4 11.1
1992–93 9.8 6.5
1993–94 3.8 2.1
1994–95 2.3 -0.4
1995–96 0.1 -3.1
1 Ordinary tickets only. Information on travelcards and season tickets is not available.