§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average time was spent commuting(a) predominantly by rail and (b) predominantly by road, in minutes per person, in each of the last six years in each nation and region. [61285]
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§ Mr. SpellarThe average time spent travelling to work is available from the Labour Forces Survey. The table shows the average time (in minutes) for trips to work(a) by predominantly rail and (b) by predominantly road for the autumn of the last six years by region of workplace.
Average time travelling to work by Government office region and country of workplace Minutes per trip Autumn 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 By rail North East 37 42 43 42 45 40 North West 48 44 49 50 55 50 Yorkshire and the Humber 56 60 53 54 56 58 East Midlands 62 73 44 57 61 63 West Midlands 62 58 53 56 58 60 East of England 54 51 57 57 60 51 London 59 60 59 59 61 61 South East 52 59 58 58 60 56 South West 76 58 58 73 69 65 England 58 59 58 59 60 59 Wales 50 49 50 52 38 43 Scotland 58 42 55 53 52 48 Great Britain 58 58 58 58 59 59 By road North East 21 21 21 21 22 22 North West 22 23 23 23 24 24 Yorkshire and the Humber 23 23 23 22 23 24 East Midlands 21 22 21 21 21 22 West Midlands 23 23 23 23 24 24 East of England 22 22 22 22 23 23 London 34 34 35 35 36 35 South East 23 24 24 24 24 24 South West 21 21 21 22 22 22 England 23 24 24 24 25 25 Wales 20 21 20 21 21 20 Scotland 23 24 23 23 24 24 Great Britain 23 24 24 24 24 24