HC Deb 05 November 1991 vol 198 c22W
Ms. Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the estimated number of(a) private cars and (b) lorries entering and leaving the channel tunnel portal at Folkestone from the Eurotunnel shuttle service in (i) 1993, (ii) 1998 and (iii) 2003.

Mr. Freeman

The latest available figures are contained in a report published in August 1990 by the cross-channel traffic group. The report provides estimates of the total number of cars and goods vehicles using the tunnel on an average annual day. The table shows the figures multiplied by 365:

Cars Goods vehicles
1993 3,176,595 547,500
2003 4,352,990 888,045

No estimate was made for 1998.