Commuters
(asked on 5th January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of people who travel to work by (a) car, (b) bus and (c) rail in (i) the North East, (ii) Tyne and Wear, (iii) England and (iv) the UK.
The number of people who usually travelled to work by car, bus and rail in Tyne & Wear, the North East, England, and the UK in 2016 are given in the table below (based on the Labour Force Survey).
| Car | Bus1 | Rail2 |
Tyne & Wear | 335,000 | 72,000 | 33,000 |
North East | 887,000 | 115,000 | 43,000 |
England | 17,974,000 | 1,888,000 | 2,934,000 |
UK | 21,675,000 | 2,230,000 | 3,106,000 |
1 Also includes coaches.
2 Includes national rail, underground, light railway systems and trams.