§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the amounts collected in tolls from the Severn bridge for each year since construction for which figures are available in constant 1995 prices; and if he will make a statement. [2171]
§ Mr. WattsI have asked the chief executive of the Highways Agency to write to the hon. Member.
183WLetter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. Elfyn Llwyd, dated 5 December 1995:
As you know, the Minister for Railways and Roads, Mr John Watts, has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the amounts collected in tolls from the Severn Bridge for each year since construction for which figures are available in constant 1995 prices; and if he will make a statement.I attach a table listing the amounts collected in tolls from the Severn Bridge for each year since its construction. The first column shows the actual amounts of tolls collected. The second column shows the figures in 1995 prices.I hope that this information is helpful.
Severn Bridge Amounts collected in tolls Year Amount of toll collected £ Figure adjusted to 1995 prices £ 1966–67 329,971 3,210,287.86 1967–68 743,115 7,054,390.70 1968–69 807,934 7,326,345.51 1969–70 873,755 7,514,293.00 1970–71 926,546 8,158,237.53 1971–72 1,000,682 7,394,039.30 1972–73 1,192,836 8,229,375.56 1973–74 1,214,422 7,672,718.20 1974–75 1,208,599 6,583,238,75 1975–76 1,216,512 5,334,405.12 1976–77 1,254,380 4,718,977.56 1977–78 1,242,306 4,033,767.58 1978–79 1,330,837 3,991,180.16 1979–80 2,134,378 5,643,295.43 1980–81 2,757,335 6,179,187.74 1981–82 2,746,407 5,501,053.22 1982–83 2,851,081 5,257,393.36 1983–84 2,843,711 5,016,306.20 1984–85 2,988,316 5,017,382.56 1985–86 5,311,638 8,413,634.59 1986–87 4,395,461 6,729,450.79 1987–88 9,072,594 13,336,713.18 1988–89 10,103,476 14,154,969,88 1989–90 13,609,424 17,692,251.20 1990–91 20,795,558 24,705,122.90 1991–92 (24/4/92) 22,758,261 25,534,768.83 1992 21,991.00 23,794,262.00 1993 34,366,00 36,599,790.00 1994 39,201.00 40,769,040.00
- 1. The amount shown for 1966–67 relates to tolls collected for the period from 9 September 1966 to 31 March 1967, i.e. approx. 7 months only.
- 2. The amounts for 1991–92 is for the period from 1 April 1991 to 25 April 1992.
- 3. The amount shown for the year 1992 relates to tolls collected from 26 April 1992 to 31 December 1992.
- 4. The Retail Price Index used for adjustment to 1995 prices is the index published for October 1995.
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