§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the percentage price increase for(a) peak and (b) off peak journeys for each of the privatised rail company areas in each year since privatisation. [140434]
§ Mr. McNultyInformation is not readily available in the form requested. However, the latest edition of the Strategic Rail Authority's statistics bulletin "National Rail Trends (April-June 2003)" copies of which are available in the House Libraries, shows in Table 3.1 on page 23, statistics on the average change in the price of rail fares. Based on the overall figures in this table, for each year since 1995 and for all ticket types (both1454W regulated and unregulated) the year on year average change in the price of rail fares expressed as a percentages are as follows;
Percentage 1995–96 2.6 1996–97 2.5 1997–98 3.8 1998–99 3.9 1999–2000 3.3 2000–01 2.5 20001–02 2.0 2002–03 3.1
§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average cost per mile of rail travel in each EU country was in the last year for which figures are available, based on standard return fares. [140441]
§ Mr. McNultyThis information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.