§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what are his Department's estimates of the proportion and value of freight carried in the United Kingdom by(a) rail, (b) road and (c) water for each year since 1979; and what are his estimates for the next five years.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe proportions of goods lifted and moved by transport mode in Great Britain between 1978 and 1988 are published in table 1.13 of "Transport Statistics Great Britain 1978–1988", a copy of which is in the Library. Information is not available on the value of freight or of estimates by all modes for future years. However, forecasts of goods moved by heavy goods road vehicles are given in table 2.45 of the publication referred to above and in "National Road Traffic Forecasts (Great Britain) 1989" which is also in the Library.