Written question asked by Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 15 October 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 22 October 2002. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 October 2002 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department projects the level of rail passenger (a) journeys, (b) kilometres and (c) passengers in the United Kingdom will be by 2004-05; and how these figures were calculated. - Inc ref to 'Transport 2010 - The Background Analysis', in Library.

Answer: Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his Department projects the level of rail passenger (a) journeys, (b) kilometres and (c) passengers in the United Kingdom will be by 2004-05; and how these figures were calculated. [75602] Mr. Jamieson: The targets for national rail set out in the Ten Year Plan include increasing rail use (measured in passenger kilometres) from 2000 levels by 50 per cent. by 2010. The latest official forecasts for rail passenger kilometres growth to 2010 were set out in the Ten Year Plan, with detail on the method of their calculation in ``Transport 2010--The Background Analysis'', copies of which are in the Library. There are no official forecasts to 2005.

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