Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of bus passenger journeys that were made in (a) Leigh, (b) Greater Manchester, (c) London and (d) England in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The number of passenger journeys made on local bus services in Greater Manchester for 2004/05 to 2015/16 can be found in table BUS0109b at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/bus01-local-bus-passenger-journeys#table-bus0109.
Separate figures for Leigh are not available.
The number of passenger journeys made on local bus services in London and England from 1970 to 2015/16 can be found in table BUS0103 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/bus01-local-bus-passenger-journeys#table-bus0103.
Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new ultra-low emission vehicles have been registered in Greater Manchester in each of the last two years.
Answered by John Hayes
There were 827 ULEVs registered for the first time in Greater Manchester during 2015, and 460 during 2014.
(Source of the data is DFT analysis of DVLA registration data)
Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many charge points for electric vehicles have been installed in Greater Manchester in each year since 2009-10.
Answered by John Hayes
Greater Manchester was one of 8 UK regions that received Government funding under the Plugged-in Places scheme, which resulted in the installation of 160 chargepoints between 2010 and 2014 as part of the Greater Manchester Electric Vehicle Scheme (GMEVS). Additional chargepoints will also have been installed with support from the private sector. The GMEVS website lists the location and live availability of the chargepoints on an interactive map: http://www.ev.tfgm.com/
Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cyclists were (a) injured and (b) killed in road traffic accidents on public roads in (i) Leigh and (ii) Greater Manchester in each of the last five years.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The table below gives the number of cyclists injured and killed in reported road traffic accidents, on public roads, in (i) Leigh Parliamentary constituency and (ii) Greater Manchester from 2011 – 2015.
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Killed | Serious | Slight | Total | Killed | Serious | Slight | Total |
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2011 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 98 | 667 | 770 |
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2012 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 1 | 104 | 506 | 611 |
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2013 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 91 | 477 | 569 |
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2014 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 102 | 512 | 617 |
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2015 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 72 | 338 | 413 |
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Greater Manchester has been defined using the following local authorities (highway authorities): Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan.