Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of long-term trends in the length of commuting times.

The Department holds data collected in the National Travel Survey, via a 7-day travel diary for residents of England, on the average commuting trip duration.

The table below shows the average commuting trip duration between 1995 and 2013:

These results (along with those for other trip purposes) are published in Table NTS0406, available online at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/336364/nts0406.xls

Note: trip duration is based on total journey time including travelling and waiting time.