§ Mr. Mawbyasked the Minister of Transport what was the estimated (a) freight ton mileage and (b) freight tonnage in 1978 in Great Britain by each of the following modes: roads, rail, pipeline, coastal shipping and inland waterway.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeNo figures are available for coastal shipping but estimates for the other modes are as follows:
(a) Freight ton-miles (billions) (b)Freight tons (millions) Road 60.9. 1,470 Rail 12.2 168 pipeline 6.0 81 British waterways 0.05 .5 Certain revisions to the estimation procedures mean that the figures are not strictly comparable with those published for earlier years in "Transport Statistics Great Britain".