§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 3 April 2000,Official Report, columns 322-23W, on traffic growth, if he will list the levels of traffic growth for the South East in (a) 1979, (b) 1990 and (c) for each year from 1992 to date. [118731]
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§ Mr. HillThe table provides annual growth estimates for all motor vehicle traffic on major roads in the South East of England from 1984 to 1998. Comparable estimates for earlier years and for traffic on minor roads are not available.
Estimated annual traffic growth on major roads in the south-east of England Year Estimated annual percentage change in all motor vehicle traffic 1984 5.8 1985 1.8 1986 9.8 1987 9.5 1988 10.1 1989 5.5 1990 0.3 1991 3.1 1992 -0.8 1993 0.8 1994 0.7 1995 2.1 1996 4.4 1997 0.3 1998 3.8 Note:
Data relate to the area covered by the South East Government Office Region
The relatively small sample sizes used to produce regional traffic growth estimates mean that the confidence intervals around the annual growth estimates provided are larger than for comparable estimates at the national level. The 95 per cent. confidence interval surrounding the above figures is of the order of plus or minus 4 per cent. This compares to an interval of plus or minus 2 per cent. for the same data at the Great Britain level.
The 1999 traffic growth estimates will be published in May.