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Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 15 July 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 July 2008. It was answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) on Monday, 21 July 2008 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Bus Services: Fares

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the year-on-year percentage change in adult bus fares in (a) passenger transport executive areas, (b) London and (c) other areas of England was in each year since 1986 before the effects of local and national changes in concessionary travel.
Answer

The following table shows the estimated percentage change in local bus fares in each year from 1985-86 to 2006-07 for England, London, passenger transport executive (PTE) areas and other areas. The estimate for 2006-07 has been adjusted to show change before the likely estimated effect of the introduction of concessionary bus fares on 1 April 2006.Data are not available for the period which covers the introduction of the national concession on 1 April 2008. Data are not available to adjust the data series for any discretionary local concessionary arrangements.

Percentage
London English PTE areas English non-PTE areas England
1986-87 6 27 5 11
1987-88 5 9 5 6
1988-89 11 6 5 6
1989-90 10 8 8 8
1990-91 10 11 10 10
1991-92 10 12 8 9
1992-93 8 7 4 6
1993-94 8 5 3 5
1994-95 6 4 4 5
1995-96 5 5 4 5
1996-97 4 5 5 5
1997-98 4 6 5 5
1998-99 4 5 5 4
1999-2000 3 5 5 4
2000-01 0 4 5 4
2001-02 -2 5 5 4
2002-03 -1 4 5 3
2003-04 2 4 5 4
2004-05 8 4 5 6
2005-06 10 8 7 8
2006-07 8 6 6 7
Note:
The data for 2006-07 has been adjusted to show the change before the likely estimated effect of the introduction of concessionary bus fares on 1 April 2006.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
220277; 479 c880-1W;479 c798-9W
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Bus services Fares
Link
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