§ 42. Mr. EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans his Department has to encourage the transportation of goods by rail as opposed to road. [9392]
§ 48. Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how he intends to increase the proportion of freight carried by rail. [9398]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonThe Government want to see a greater proportion of freight go by rail rather than by road. Our White Paper on integrated transport policy, to be published next spring, will consider ways of achieving this objective.
§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list in percentage terms the movement of freight within the United Kingdom by(a) road, (b) rail and (c) water for each year from 1970 to 1996. [11117]
§ Ms JacksonThe information requested is given in the following table; full 1996 data are not yet available.
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Freight traffic by mode: Great Britain1 Per cent. of billion tonne kilometres Year Road2 Rail Water 1970 63 18 17 1971 64 16 16
Freight traffic by mode: Great Britain1 Per cent. of billion tonne kilometres Year Road2 Rail Water 19723 65 15 21 1973 63 16 22 1974 63 15 22 1975 66 15 20 1976 65 14 20 1977 58 12 24 1978 56 11 27 1979 55 11 30 1980 53 10 31 1981 54 10 31 1982 53 9 33 1983 52 9 33 1984 55 7 33 1985 55 8 31 1986 56 9 29 1987 58 9 28 1988 59 8 27 1989 62 8 26 1990 62 7 26 1991 61 7 27 1992 61 7 26 1993 64 7 24 1994 65 6 24 1995 66 6 23 1 The percentages in the table do not add to 100 because of freight movements by other modes, notably pipeline. 2 All goods vehicles, including those under 3.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight. 3 Figures from 1972 onwards are not comparable with earlier years. From 1972, water includes all UK coastwise and one-port freight movements by sea and inland waterway traffic. Earlier years include only GB coastwise traffic and internal traffic on British Waterways Board waterways.