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Welsh Transport Statistics 2009 - Chapter 8: Public service vehicles

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Welsh Transport Statistics 2009

Designed to bring together information on transport from a number of sources and to cover a range of years.
The latest National Statistics on Public service vehicles produced by the Welsh Assembly Government were released on 23 June 2010 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

UK Statistics Authority Website

Statistics on Public service vehicles include data up to 2009-10.

The key points from the latest release are:

  • Provisional figures suggest that there was a 17 per cent increase in local authority public transport support in Wales during 2008-2009 compared with the previous year. England saw a 6 per cent increase, and Scotland an 11 per cent decrease during the same period.
  • Local bus fares continue to rise steadily in Wales where there was an increase in real terms of 3 per cent between 2008-09 and 2007-08. Great Britain saw an increase of 2 per cent during the same period.
  • A local transport services grant of £10.858 million was allocated to local authorities for 2009-10.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5085
E-mail: stats.transport@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

June 2011 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)