§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will provide the(a) percentage and number of rail journeys undertaken on first class tickets, (b) average cost of a first class journey by rail and (c) total cost of rail travel in each of the past four years broken down by grade of civil servant. [37506]
§ Ms BlearsIn 2001, 43,474 rail tickets were purchased from the Department's travel contractor, of which 27,087 (62 per cent.) were for first class travel.
Information about the average price of a first class ticket is not kept but the average price paid in 2001 for all classes of rail ticket purchased from the Department's travel contractor was £150.
There is no information about tickets purchased by grade of civil servant but the total cost of rail travel in each of the past three years is as follows:
£ 1999 3,697,682 2000 4,331,446 2001 4,983,797