Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average seat occupancy is on public service buses in the most recent period for which figures are available.
The table below shows average bus occupancy1 on local bus services by metropolitan area status and country in Great Britain, annually from 2004/05
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Year | London | English metropolitan areas | English non-metropolitan areas | England | Scotland | Wales | Great Britain | England outside London |
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2004/05 | 16.6 | 9.8 | 7.5 | 10.1 | 9.0 | 7.6 | 9.8 | 8.3 |
2005/06 | 18.3 | 9.7 | 7.3 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 7.3 | 10.0 | 8.2 |
2006/07 | 18.8 | 9.9 | 7.9 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 7.6 | 10.4 | 8.6 |
2007/08 | 20.3 | 10.3 | 8.5 | 11.6 | 9.1 | 7.8 | 11.0 | 9.1 |
2008/09 | 19.9 | 10.7 | 8.8 | 11.8 | 9.8 | 8.2 | 11.3 | 9.5 |
2009/10 | 19.6 | 11.0 | 8.6 | 11.7 | 10.0 | 7.6 | 11.3 | 9.4 |
2010/11 | 19.5 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 11.5 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 11.1 | 9.2 |
2011/12 | 19.7 | 10.1 | 8.6 | 11.6 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 11.2 | 9.2 |
2012/13 | 19.9 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 11.9 | 9.0 | 8.3 | 11.3 | 9.4 |
2013/14 | 20.6 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 12.3 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 11.6 | 9.7 |
2014/15 | 20.5 | 10.4 | 9.3 | 12.2 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 11.6 | 9.7 |
2015/16 | 19.8 | 10.2 | 9.0 | 11.9 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 11.3 | 9.4 |
2016/17 | 19.3 | 10.7 | 8.9 | 11.9 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 11.3 | 9.5 |
2017/18 | 20.2 | 10.5 | 9.1 | 12.2 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 11.5 | 9.5 |
2018/19 | 20.0 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 12.6 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 11.8 | 10.1 |
2019/20 | 18.7 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 12.8 | 7.6 | 8.8 | 11.8 | 10.7 |
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1 Calculated as passenger miles (table bus0302) divided by vehicle miles (table BUS0203).