§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the number of passengers carried by bus and rail transport in each year since 1979 and the cost of travel per mile on bus and rail services in real terms for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information available is as follows:
Passenger journeys Real fares indices 1979 = 100 Local bus Rail1 Local bus Rail 1979 6,472 1,342 100.0 100.0 1980 6,224 1,326 108.5 105.3 1981 5,694 1,284 109.3 107.6 1982 5,518 1,179 116.3 113.8 1983 5,587 1,319 117.6 114.6 1984 5,650 1,422 114.4 110.3 1985 2— 1,494 112.6 110.6 1986 2— 1,520 118.0 114.2 1987 2— 1,576 120.8 115.2 1988 2— 1,653 122.3 117.5 1989 2— 1,619 122.2 119.0 1985–86 5,614 112.2 1986–87 5,325 119.8 1987–88 5,303 121.7 1988–89 5,238 121.9 1989–90 2— 122.1 1British Rail, London Transport rail and the rail systems of the Strathclyde and Tyne and Wear PTEs. 2Not available. Sources: Transport Statistics Great Britain 1979–89 (and later information); Retail Prices Index.