§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give the cost of(a) rail, (b) bus and (c) car travel in (i) large cities, (ii) other towns and cities and (iii) rural areas in pounds per kilometre in (A) 1997 and (B) 2001. [61286]
§ Mr. SpellarThe estimated average cost per passenger for travel per kilometre by rail, bus and car is as follows:
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£ 1996–97 2000–01 (a) Rail London Underground 0.13 0.15 National Rail 0.08 0.09 (b) Bus London buses 0.13 0.14 English met area buses 0.12 0.13 English shire buses 0.14 0.17
£ 1996–97 2000–01 (c)Car All motoring1 0.10 0.14 1Includes expenditure on purchase of vehicles spares, repairs, insurance, taxation, fuel, parking. Figures for bus and rail travel have been estimated by dividing total revenue from passenger fares (including revenue from payments for concessionary fares) by the total number of passenger kilometres travelled. They therefore represent an average cost to passengers over all journeys made, and do not necessarily reflect the cost for any individual journey.
Figures for car travel have been estimated by dividing household expenditure on motoring and fuel by the estimated total number of passenger kilometres travelled by car, by those living in households.
For rail and car it is not possible to split the revenue/ expenditure and passenger figures by area type—a single journey may cover a number of different areas.
Figures are in current prices.