Speeches

Daniel Zeichner – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Daniel Zeichner on 2015-11-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the relationship between household income and (a) taxi and (b) bus use.

Andrew Jones

The number of trips and distance travelled per person per year for different household income levels (based on data for households in England in 2014) are given in the table.

Household income is gross equivalised income, which accounts for household size and composition.

Real household income quintile

Lowest real income level

Second level

Third level

Fourth level

Highest real income level

All income levels

Trips per person per year by main mode:

Local and non-local buses

96

72

53

43

35

60

Taxi/minicab

14

11

9

9

10

10

Distance (miles) per person per year by main mode:

Local and non-local buses

465

407

308

251

193

326

Taxi/minicab

61

43

42

51

85

56