I have received the following answer to my recent Parliamentary Question:
The Department for Transport has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (41595):
Question:
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. (41595)
Tabled on: 03 September 2021
Answer:
Rachel Maclean:
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).
The answer was submitted on 13 Sep 2021 at 15:05.