§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the amounts of freight transported in England and Wales in 1996. [28009]
§ Ms Glenda Jackson1,724 Million tonnes of freight was loaded for transport by road, water and pipeline in England and Wales in 1996. Information for rail freight is available only for GB as a whole. In 1996 a total of 100 million tonnes was loaded for transport by rail for delivery within GB. There will be an element of double counting in these figures as some freight shipments will be transported by more than one mode in a single journey.