HC Deb 13 January 2004 vol 416 cc671-2W
Mr. Chope

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list in respect of each motorway the number of occasions in each of the last five years when a carriageway has been closed for more than two hours as a result of(a) an accident and (b) an incident other than an accident. [145529]

Mr. Jamieson

[holding answer 5 January 2004]The information requested has been placed in the Libraries of the House.

Mr. McNulty

The information, in constant 2002–03 prices, is shown in the following table.

£ million
England Scotland Wales English

Met

areas

English

shire

counties

London
1985–86 841 50 22 406 170 264
1986–87 677 58 17 329 143 205
1987–88 526 38 14 218 122 187
1988–89 498 34 12 182 127 189
1989–90 408 24 13 152 128 128
1990–91 423 17 13 139 128 155
1991–92 486 26 13 146 131 209
1992–93 472 26 13 140 119 213
1993–94 307 27 11 126 107 74
1994–95 297 27 10 123 107 67
1995–96 259 30 11 119 104 35
1996–97 233 31 10 123 97 14
1997–98 209 26 11 111 97 1
1998–99 255 25 12 121 121 13
1999–2000 263 27 14 116 136 11
2000–01 353 29 16 125 142 87
2001–02 458 33 17 123 145 190
2002–031 618 32 17 121 142 355
1 Provisional.

Joyce Quin

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information he has collated on the change in the number of passenger journeys by bus for each year since 1985 in each English metropolitan area outside London. [147421]

Mr. McNulty

The information is shown in the following table.

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