§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what was the(a) percentage and 99W 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. [37497]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe percentage number and average cost of first class rail travel undertaken in my Department in each of the past four years is as follows:
Percentage first class Number of rail journeys Average cost per ticket £ January to December 2001 80 25,156 135 January to December 2000 76 23,132 125 January to December 1999 74 27,211 95 August to December 1998 76 1,715 117 Information prior to contract start date 1 August 1998 is not available due to different systems in operation.
The total cost of rail travel broken down by grade of civil servant could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental staff have a responsibility to give due consideration to cost when planning any official travel and extensive guidance is provided on how to get the best
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Pupil:reacher ratio in maintained primary schools by local education authority area, position in January each year 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1994 1989 1984 1979 England 22.9 23.3 23.5 23.7 23.4 23.2 22.7 22.0 22.2 23.1 Avon1 — — — — — 23.3 23.1 23.6 23.9 24.2 Barking 23.6 22.9 23.2 23.1 22.7 22.4 22.1 21.2 21.7 22.3 Barnet 22.2 21.3 21.5 21.4 21.3 20.9 21.0 19.9 19.8 21.5 Barnsley 24.6 25.4 25.6 25.9 25.5 25.0 24.2 22.3 21.1 23.6 Bath and North East Somerset 22.4 22.7 23.3 23.0 22.4 — — — — — Bedfordshire1 — — — — — 23.3 23.0 22.0 21.5 23.5 Bedfordshire2 22.9 23.5 23.8 23.8 — — — — — — Berkshire1 — — — — 23.7 23.5 23.3 22.9 23.1 23.0 Bexley 24.5 24.6 24.5 25.3 24.8 24.8 23.5 22.2 24.5 25.1 Birmingham 22.5 22.7 22.7 22.8 22.7 22.7 23.3 23.5 22.9 24.0 Blackburn with Darwen 22.2 23.3 23.4 — — — — — — — Blackpool 23.7 24.7 25.1 — — — — — — — Bolton 21.9 22.0 23.7 23.3 23.1 22.8 22.0 22.0 23.8 25.2 Bournemouth 23.3 24.7 24.9 25.7 — — — — — — Bracknell Forest 23.7 24.2 24.2 — — — — — — — Bradford 21.9 23.1 23.1 23.9 23.0 22.3 21.3 19.6 20.5 20.9 Brent 22.3 22.0 21.9 21.5 21.9 21.7 22.0 21.3 18.3 18.7 Brighton and Hove 21.6 22.6 23.4 — — — — — — — Bristol, City of 22.5 23.4 23.9 23.3 23.0 — — — — — Bromley 23.6 24.2 24.3 24.8 24.4 24.6 24.4 23.2 23.4 24.5 Buckinghamshire1 — — — — 23.9 23.6 23.0 24.2 24.3 24.2 Buckinghamshire2 22.8 22.8 23.9 24.2 — — — — — — Bury 24.2 24.1 24.4 25.3 24.2 24.0 23.4 21.9 22.8 23.5 Calderdale 22.7 23.0 24.1 24.6 24.3 24.0 23.7 22.6 22.0 23.8 Cambridgeshire1 — — — 24.9 24.4 23.9 23.3 22.8 23.6 23.3 Cambridgeshire2 24.1 24.6 25.0 — — — — — — — Camden 20.9 21.0 20.5 20.2 20.0 20.3 20.5 — — — Cheshire1 — — — 23.7 23.8 24.0 23.9 24.1 22.7 23.5 Cheshire2 22.9 23.3 23.9 — — — — — — — City of London 14.7 14.3 14.1 14.3 13.9 13.9 15.0 — — — Cleveland1 — — — — — 24.1 23.8 22.2 22.1 23.4 Cornwall 22.9 23.6 24.1 24.1 23.7 23.7 23.3 23.1 23.7 24.2 Coventry 22.7 23.1 23.0 23.9 23.6 23.3 22.7 22.4 22.1 22.7 Croydon 23.1 23.2 23.5 23.3 23.0 22.2 21.8 21.2 22.2 23.1 Cumbria 22.0 22.5 23.3 23.3 23.4 23.2 22.5 21.8 21.2 23.1 Darlington 24.5 24.4 25.4 25.2 — — — — — — Derby 23.7 24.2 23.8 25.3 — — — — — — out of official travel. This guidance covers items such as method of travel, environmental impact and effective use of time.