Bus Services: Passengers

(asked on 3rd September 2021) - View Source

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.


Answered by
Rachel Maclean Portrait
Rachel Maclean
This question was answered on 13th September 2021

The table below shows average bus occupancy1 on local bus services by metropolitan area status and country in Great Britain, annually from 2004/05

Number

Year

London

English metropolitan areas

English non-metropolitan areas

England

Scotland

Wales

Great Britain

England outside London

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

1 Calculated as passenger miles (table bus0302) divided by vehicle miles (table BUS0203).

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