§ 24. Mr. PatnickTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is his latest estimate of the number of passengers travelling on long-distance coaches; and how this differs from the 1979 figures.
§ Mr. David MitchellThe latest figures published in "Transport Statistics Great Britain" apply to 1984. In that year there were 17 million passenger journeys on express services, compared with 15 million in 1979, an increase of over 13 per cent.