HL Deb 02 November 2004 vol 666 cc30-2WA
Baroness Billingam

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What percentage of (a) the total number of passengers and (b) the total amount of freight transported in the United Kingdom use road, rail, water and air transport systems; and what is the comparable government spending, as a percentage of gross domestic product, on these transport systems. [HL4637]

Lord Davies of Oldham

The table gives the percentage of total Great Britain trips made, the percentage of goods lifted in Great Britain, and central and local capital and current/resource government expenditure on each transport system, as a percentage of UK GDP:

Percentage of GB passenger trips, 2002–031 Percentage of GB goods lifted (tonnes), 20022 Percentage of UK GDP spent on system 2002–033
Road (inc. bus) 97 82 0.94
Rail 3 4 0.3
Water — 75 —
Air — — —

Note that'-'means less than half the last digit shown

1. Excludes pedestrian trips. Time period is average across calendar years 2002 and 2003.

2. The remaining 7 per cent of domestic goods lifted are carried by pipeline.

3. Excludes £1,022 million of government expenditure on transport (0.1 per cent of UK GDP) which cannot be identified by mode. The largest component of this in 2002–03 was the Greater London Assembly transport grant (£772 million).

4. Also includes expenditure on car parks, bus fuel duty rebates, local public transport and concessionary fares.

5. Includes all UK coastwise and one-port freight movements by sea, and inland waterway traffic.

Sources:

Passenger trips: National Travel Survey 2002, 2003.

Goods lifted: Transport Statistics Great Britain 2004 table 4.1

Percentage of UK GDP: ONS, Transport Statistics Great Britain 2004 table 1.15