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Dept of Transport

Answer

Mr. Austin-Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list (a) the annual percentage change and (b) the increase in fares on (i) London Buses, (ii) London Underground, (iii) all London Transport, (iv) Network SouthEast and (v) British Rail in each year since 1984-85, taking 1984-85 as the base, showing the increase in both actual and real terms; and what was the annual rate of inflation for each of those years. [15940] Mr. Bowis: Available information is shown in the tables. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. London Buses London Underground All London Transport Network SouthEast British Rail RPI Actual Real Actual Real Actual Real Actual Real Actual Real 1985-86 8.6 2.5 7.2 1.3 7.7 1.7 7.2 1.7 6.9 0.9 5.9 1986-87 5.9 2.6 5.7 2.5 5.6 2.3 7.0 3.7 7.5 4.2 3.2 1987-88 4.9 0.0 6.4 2.3 5.8 1.7 5.2 1.2 5.4 1.3 4.0 1988-89 10.8 4.6 10.3 4.1 10.3 4.0 7.0 0.9 7.1 1.1 6.0 1989-90 10.3 2.3 11.1 3.0 10.8 2.8 8.5 0.6 8.0 0.2 7.8 1990-91 10.3 0.5 11.2 1.4 10.8 1.0 10.1 0.4 10.2 0.5 9.7 1991-92 9.6 4.6 9.9 4.9 9.7 4.7 9.5 4.5 9.2 4.3 4.7 1992-93 7.9 4.6 7.8 4.5 7.8 4.5 7.7 4.4 6.9 3.7 3.2 1993-94 8.0 6.2 7.6 5.8 7.8 6.0 7.7 5.9 5.9 4.1 1.7 1994-95 5.8 3.0 5.8 3.0 5.8 3.0 5.4 2.6 3.7 1.0 2.7 1995-96 5.1 1.8 4.9 1.6 4.9 1.6 n/a n/a 3.0 -0.3 3.3 1996-97 4.3 n/a 4.4 n/a 4.4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1. Fares data for Network South East are no longer available. 2. BR data supplied by British Rail. 3. All other data are supplied by London Transport.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

15940; 290 c334-6W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

British Rail Buses Fares Increases Public transport Railways Prices London Underground London Transport London Buses Network SouthEast

Contains statistics

Yes