Written question asked by Lord Horam (Conservative) on Thursday, 24 October 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 November 2002. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 November 2002 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what route mileage was served, and how many passengers were carried, on London Buses in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. - Including table.

Answer: Mr Horam: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what route mileage was served, and how many passengers were carried, on London Buses in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [77896] Mr. Jamieson: The number of bus passenger journeys and vehicle kilometres in London over the last ten years have been compiled from the Department's annual survey of bus and coach operators and information received from Transport for London (TfL). The figures include journeys on a small number of routes not contracted to TfL. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Passenger journeys million Vehicle kilometres million 1991 to 1992 1,149 316 1992 to 1993 1,129 330 1993 to 1994 1,117 343 1994 to 1995 1,167 356 1995 to 1996 1,205 353 1996 to 1997 1,242 342 1997 to 1998 1,294 362 1998 to 1999 1,279 358 1999 to 2000 1,307 366 2000 to 2001 1,359 373 2001 to 2002 P 1,434 380 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. P provisional figures. Source: DfT and TfL

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