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Written question asked by Jo Stevens (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 October 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 October 2017. It was answered by Alun Cairns (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 October 2017 on behalf of the Wales Office.

Travel: Republic of Ireland

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate his Department has made of the number of journeys by (a) people and (b) freight between ports in Wales and the Republic of Ireland in each year since 2010.

Answer

Data on the number of sea passenger journeys between Wales and the Republic of Ireland is published in the UK international sea passengers dataset in tables SPAS0108 and SPAS0102. The figures are summarised below:

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Swansea - Cork

94

59

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Milford Haven - Rosslare

325

313

329

328

322

335

339

Fishguard - Rosslare

419

410

364

333

351

327

298

Holyhead - Dublin

1,821

1,781

1,709

1,766

1,875

1,970

1,927

Holyhead - Dun Laoghaire

252

238

189

188

139

n/a

n/a

Total Wales-Rep. Ireland

2,911

2,801

2,591

2,615

2,686

2,632

2,564

For freight, the published statistics relate to tonnage and units moved between Welsh ports and the Republic of Ireland (rather than freight journeys), with detailed figures available in table Port0499 of the UK international sea passengers dataset. The figures for units and tonnage moved between Welsh ports and the Republic of Ireland for every year between 2010 and 2016 are summarised below.

Total units moved between Welsh ports and the Republic of Ireland (thousand units)

Total tonnage moved between Welsh ports and the Republic of Ireland (thousand tonnes)

2010

1110.153

7242.835

2011

1093.807

7164.287

2012

1025.653

6981.91

2013

1062.61

8288.563

2014

1117.096

7748.732

2015

1158.477

8469.233

2016

1191.576

8299.612

Please note that units include passenger vehicles.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
108154
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Ports Travel Republic of Ireland Wales
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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