Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people used Swindon station in each year since 2000.

Station usage statistics are collected and published by the Office of Rail and Road. The usage of Swindon station shown in those statistics is:

2000-01: 2,064,669

2001-02: 2,011,159

2002-03: 2,117,084

2003-04: -*

2004-05: 2,257,719

2005-06: 2,340,952

2006-07: 2,515,492

2007-08: 2,758,891

2008-09: 2,905,266

2009-10: 2,835,364

2010-11: 3,039,228

2011-12: 3,232,578

2012-13: 3,220,180

2013-14: 3,350,444

2014-15: 3,503,982

2015-16: 3,580,540

* The statistics consistently omit the 2003-04 year due to a change in the statistical series.