Commuters
(asked on 18th May 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how long the average commute to work is for employees in (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) the North East, (c) England and (c) the UK.
The average commute to work distance for employees in (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) the North East, (c) England is shown in the table below. DfT do not routinely collect the required data to provide information for (d) the UK.
| Average commute (miles) |
(a) Wansbeck constituency2 | 11.4 |
(b) the North East1 | 8.4 |
(c) England1 | 9.0 |
1 These figures are based on the Department’s 2017 and 2018 National Travel Survey for English residents travelling in Great Britain.
2 Based on 2011 Census data published by the Office for National Statistics. Population is all usual residents aged 16 to 74 in employment the week before the census.