§ Mr. Albert Evansasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will give an estimate of the number of residents of new towns who commute to London for their work.
§ Mr. MellishNo precise figures are available of how many people commute to London from the new towns. A count carried out by British Railways in connection with the South-East Study showed that in 1961 about 7,000 people travelled up to central London daily with season tickets from the stations which serve the 8 London new towns. Allowance must, of course, be made for the fact that these stations serve areas larger than the towns themselves. No estimates are available of the number of people who commute by road. The 1961 population of the London new towns was 305,000.