Written question asked by Lord Redwood (Conservative) on Thursday, 24 June 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 29 June 2004. It was answered by Kim Howells (Labour) on Tuesday, 29 June 2004 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much tonnage of goods was lifted by (a) road and (b) rail in each year since 1997. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Redwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much tonnage of goods was lifted by (a) road and (b) rail in each year since 1997. [181495] Dr. Howells: The information is as follows: Goods lifted by road and rail in Great Britain: 1997 to 2003 Million tonnes _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Road Rail 1 1997 1,740 105 1998 1,727 102 1999 1,661 292 2000 1,689 95 2001 1,660 94 2002 1,708 87 2003 3l,725 89 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Rail figures are for financial years ie 1997-98 etc. 2 Rail figures from 1999 are not directly comparable with previous data due to a change in methodology. 3 Provisional. Source: Department for Transport (road); Strategic Rail Authority (rail).

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