To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportional real terms change in the cost of travelling by (a) private car, (b) bus, (c) train and (d) aeroplane since (i) 1980, (ii) 1997, (iii) 2010 and (iv) 2015.
Answered on
9 June 2016
The Department for Transport publishes statistics on travel costs, based on data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), in the Transport Statistics Great Britain compendium, table 1308.
Real terms change in cost of transport | Motoring, including the purchase of a vehicle | Bus and coach fares | Rail fares |
(i) Between 1980 and 2015 | -19% | +61% | +65% |
(ii) Between 1997 and 2015 | -16% | +30% | +25% |
(iii) Between 2010 and 2015 | -10% | +5% | +7% |
(d) The costs of travelling by air are not available from ONS data. However estimates are available based on fare data from the Civil Aviation Authority passenger survey from 2000. The real cost of the average UK one-way air fare, including taxes and charges, covering domestic flights from 2010 to 2014 increased by 5%. Estimates for 2015 are not yet available.