Chapter 10: Transport and Travel Finance in Scotland

Chapter 10: Transport and Travel Finance in Scotland

Chapter 10: Transport and Travel Finance in Scotland - Infographic

1. Introduction

1.1 This chapter provides information on finance, such as expenditure on transport within Scottish Ministers’ responsibility and on transport controlled by Local Authorities.  It shows capital and current expenditure on motorways and trunk roads, Local Authority revenue and capital income and expenditure on roads and transport, government grants for the construction and improvement of harbour facilities, petrol and diesel prices and duties, and average weekly household expenditure on transport.

1.2 Almost all the figures in this chapter are expressed in what are referred to as current, out-turn or cash prices: no table gives constant price (i.e. deflated) figures.

Key points

  • Scottish Government (including Transport Scotland) spent £1,782 million on transport in 2014/15.  Local Authorities spent a further £900 million.
  • Personal spend on transport and travel accounted for 16% of household spending between 2012 and 2014.
  • In 2016 petrol prices started at 101.7 pence per litre in January before rising to 114.1 pence in December. Similarly diesel prices rose in 2016 from 102.5 in January to 117.2 pence by December.  

2. Main  Points

Motorways & Trunk Roads

2.1 The total of capital and current expenditure on motorways and trunk roads in 2015-16 was estimated at £664 million,  £113 million (21%) more than the 2014/15 figure, a big part of which is expenditure on the Forth Replacement Crossing. Total expenditure on transport within Scottish Ministers' responsibility in 2015-16 was budgeted at £2,015 million, £233 million (13%) more than in the previous year.  (Table 10.1) 

2.2 Expenditure on the management and maintenance of the trunk road network totalled £132m in 2014-15.  The expenditure is split £18.8m on capitalised maintenance and £113.1m on routine and winter maintenance, network management and network strengthening.  (These figures do not include spending on new construction). (Table 10.2)  

Local Authorities 

2.3 In 2014-15, net revenue expenditure on transport controlled by local authorities was £459 million. In cash terms, this was 0.2 per cent less than in 2013-14. Road maintenance (£241 million in 2014-15) accounted for 49% of the expenditure.  The other main categories of expenditure in 2014-15 were:

  • contributions to passenger transport (excluding concessionary fares) - £115 million; 
  • road lighting - £70 million; 
  • network and traffic management (excluding school crossing patrols) - £43 million

 In 2014-15, the net income from parking charges was £31 million, 7% more than 2013-14.  (Table 10.1)

2.4 The Local Authorities with the highest net revenue expenditure on roads and transport (excluding loan charges) in 2014-15 were: Aberdeenshire, (£36.4 million), South Lanarkshire (£35.2 million), Fife (£33.8 million), and Highland (£27.6 million). (Table 10.3) The table also shows local authorities’ figures for other types of expenditure in 2014/15:

  • Road maintenance/Winter maintenance South Lanarkshire had the highest expenditure on road maintenance (£19.0 million), followed by Highland (£16.1 million). Highland spent the most on winter maintenance (£6.3 million).
  • Contributions to Public Transportin terms of the total net revenue expenditure on ‘local authority’ and ‘non LA’ public transport, Shetland Islands (£10.1 million) made the largest contributions to passenger transport. Orkney spent £7.1 million.
  • Road Lighting  Glasgow spent most on road lighting (£10.3 million), followed by South Lanarkshire (£5.3 million).
  • Parking Edinburgh had the largest net income from parking (£17.4 million) followed by Glasgow at £11.4 million.

Gross Capital Expenditure

2.5 Gross capital account expenditure by councils and boards on local authority roads and transport totalled £433 million in 2015-16, slightly less than the previous year. Of this total £293 million was spent on roads and £68 million on other public transport. (Table 10.4)

2.6     The local authorities with the highest gross capital account expenditure on roads and transport in 2015-16 were: Aberdeen City (£41.9 million) and Glasgow City (£33.5 million). Aberdeen city spent the most on roads (£37.2 million) followed by Aberdeenshire(£26.3 million). (Table 10.5)

2.7 The National Concessionary Travel (NCT) bus scheme was introduced in April 2006 and is administered by Transport Scotland for Scotland as a whole. Previously local authorities administered their own schemes, therefore local expenditure on concessionary travel (and therefore overall totals of spend) shown in Table 10.3 will be greatly reduced from previous years, now only covering rail, subway, ferry and some taxi schemes. Further statistics on concessionary travel can be found in table 11.29. 

Travel Costs

2.8 Between 2015 and 2016 the average price of unleaded petrol decreased by 2.3 pence, and diesel decreased by 4.8 pence per litre in Great Britain.  In 2016, petrol prices increased by 12.4 pence between January and December and diesel prices increased by 14.7 pence over the same period.  Tax (duty plus VAT) represented 70% of the price for unleaded petrol and 69% of the price for diesel in Great Britain in 2016, compared with 74% for unleaded petrol and 72% for diesel in 2004.  (Table 10.6)

2.9 The UK Retail Prices Index (RPI) rose by 35% between 2005 and 2015. Most of the Transport components of the RPI increased more rapidly than this, and therefore rose in real terms.  In cash terms, the costs of the maintenance of motor vehicles increased by 47%, petrol and oil by 28% and there was a 103% rise in the cost of vehicle tax and insurance. However, the cost of purchasing a motor vehicle fell by 14% in cash terms over the last ten years.  As a result, motoring expenditure index rose by 24%, less than the 35% increase in the RPI and therefore a real term fall between 2005 and 2015.  Over the same period, fares and other travel costs rose by 61% in cash terms - rail fares by 60% and bus and coach fares by 53%, increases of 19% and 14% above general inflation. (Table 10.7)

2.10 Average weekly household expenditure in Scotland on transport and vehicles in 2014-16 was £74.00, representing 15.4% of total household expenditure. On average, £28.60 was spent on the purchase of vehicles, £30.30 on the operation of personal transport (including £21.40 on petrol, diesel and other motor oils) and £15.10 on transport services (such as bus and train fares). (Table 10.8)

 

Table 10.1 Expenditure on transport within the Scottish Ministers' responsibility, and expenditure on transport controlled by local authorities
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
-06 -07 -08 -09 -10 -11 -12 -13 -14 -15 -16
Expenditure on transport within the Scottish Ministers' responsibility £ million at outturn prices
Motorways and trunk roads
Capital 1 
- New construction and improvements 1 95 146 132 166 258 207 45 47 101 76 184
- Forth Replacement Crossing  -   -   -  22 30 30 152 242 193 232 217
- Capital maintenance 2  -   -   -   30   31   29   18   12   10   8   14 
  Total 95 146 132 | 218 319 266 215 301 304 316 415
Current 
- Routine and winter maintenance etc 67 92 88 73 75 101 69 75 73 78 79
- Network Strengthening and Improvements 3 126 140 140 | 114 111 105 85 77 85 71 72
- Other  -   -   -   -   -   -   -  32 21 18 18
- Design, build, finance, operate payments 25 28 35 32 32 36 54 57 59 68 80
  Total 218 260 263 219 218 242 208 241 238 235 249
Total capital and current (a) 313 406 395 437 537 508 423 542 542 551 664
Central Government support to transport industries 12
Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd 60 34 28 26 26 25 27 23 21 34 38
Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd 52 44 45 51 56 59 68 74 86 107 123
Scottish Canals 10 12 17 9 12 12 12 11 11 14 11 10
Rail Services in Scotland 10 542 820 929 831 807 749 777 783 803 676 745
Northern Isles Ferries 11 29 33 29 33 36 40 43 41 38 36 32
Bus Service Operators Grant 11 57 63 67 64 64 63 61 62 50 51 53
Freight Facilities Grant 11 2 3 2 5 2 5 2 1 1 1 1
Integrated Transport Fund 11 110 35 1                
Major public transport projects   160 251 129 159 75 70 36 35 3 3
National Concessionary Travel schemes (incl Smartcards) 12 .. 163 174 193 201 187 188 193 197 197 196
Other 7  129 13 84 45 22 53 52 68 93 115 150
Total (b) 993 1,214 1,369 1,248 1,216 1,193 1,229 1,292 1,336 1,231 1,351
Total Ministers' resp. (sum of a and b) 1,306 1,620 1,764 1,685 1,753 1,701 1,652 1,834 1,878 1,782 2,015
Local transport - gross capital  4 expenditure
Roads - new construction and improvement5 243 299 285 345 310 293 328 318 350 361 357
Public transport investment6 91 149 218 149 164 107 157 185 111 72 76
Total 334 448 503 494 474 400 485 504 461 433 433
Expenditure on transport controlled by local authorities
Local transport - net revenue expenditure (excl. loan charges) 8,9 
Administration .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..  
Construction 4 5 6 4 4 4 5 6 16 17 ..
Road maintenance (incl winter maintenance) 256 252 261 274 293 317 256 271 241 223 ..
Road lighting 59 61 65 67 69 66 66 73 69 70 ..
Parking -25 -24 -24 -29 -23 -24 -25 -29 -29 -31 ..
Network and traffic management  47 39 43 42 38 40 44 46 43 ..  
(other than school crossing patrols)
Concessionary fares 95 10 8 12 13 7 6 7 8 8 ..
Contributions to passenger transport 85 72 76 66 72 80 115 101 95 115 ..
School crossing patrols 15 16 16 16 16 15 14 14 14 14 ..
Total controlled by Local Authorities 535 432 450 453 486 503 477 487 460 459 ..

Source: Expenditure on a and b above provided by Transport Scotland - Not National Statistics
1.     Includes all costs related to the construction of Major Road Projects.
2.     Includes all costs in relation to the reconstruction and overlay of road network. Figures for  2001/02 - 2007/08 have been moved to current expenditure  to reflect changes in recording practices.
3.     Includes all costs in relation to Roads and Bridges Network Strengthening and Minor Improvements that are not classed as Capitalised Maintenance. Figures for 2008-09 onwards have been amended to include money moved from capital to current expenditure to reflect changes to recording practices.
4.     Figures are on a cash basis up to 2003-04 and on an accruals basis from 2004-05 onwards. Capital Funded from Current Revenue is included.
5.     Includes Network & Traffic Management, Bridges and Parking
6.     Includes Shipping, Transport Piers and Ferry Terminals
7.     Includes subsidies for the Community Transport Association, piers, harbours, road safety, safer routes to schools and additional concessionary fares support to Local Authorities (prior to 2007).
8.    The revenue account figures are reported on an accruals basis (i.e. reflected in the accounts of the period in which they take place).
9.     Includes support for LA and non-LA transport undertakings, and revenue contributions to capital.
10.   SG took responsibility for these areas in 2001-02.  In respect of rail services in Scotland for rail passenger services, and from 2006-07 it includes funding for Network Rail in Scotland (which was previously the responsibility of the Department for Transport). British Waterways renamed Scottish Canals following split.
11.  Separate figures for each of these categories were not available prior to 2003 -04 12. The NCT schemes were introduced in April 2006. From April 2010 NCT electronic (Smartcards) required on-board Smartcard equipment.  2013/14 NCT schemes included £1.7m transitional aid via s38 of the Transport Scotland Act 2001. (NB 2012/13 spend included £13m transitional aid in total.)

 

Table 10.2 Net expenditure on management and maintenance of motorways and trunk roads by Operating Companies1, 2014-15
Description Capital Current 2 Total
Capital Maintenance  Routine, Cyclical and Winter Maintenance and Network Management
  £ thousand at outturn prices
North East Operating Company 676 28,001 28,677
North West Operating Company 10,820 33,393 44,213
South East Operating Company 1,174 23,323 24,497
South West Operating Company 6,128 28,372 34,500
Total 18,798 113,089 131,887

Source: Transport Scotland
1.  For the purpose of maintenance from 2001-02, the trunk road network was sub-divided into 4 operating units (see Notes)
2.  These figures do not include costs for expenditure outside Operating Company control i.e. (Traffic Scotland Operations, PAG contract etc).

 

Table 10.3 Net revenue expenditure on roads and transport (excluding loan charges) by Councils , by type, 2014-15 1
  Roads Network and traffic management Parking Services Public Transport Total
    Maintenance       Local     Authority Non Local Authority
Council Construction Winter maintenance Structural, environmental and safety maintenance and routine repairs Lighting School crossing patrols Other LA public transport Concessionary fares 2 Other non LA public transport
£ thousand
Aberdeen City  -   1,232   5,115   2,775   189   1,113   -   -   -  152   10,576 
Aberdeenshire  11,535   1,421   11,387   2,461   382   1,545  -130   -   311  7,506   36,418 
Angus  3,927   3,087   1,671   1,829   115   -  127   -   13  2,227   12,996 
Argyll & Bute  71   2,623   5,356   1,576   261   692  -326   1,053   181  2,718   14,205 
Clackmannanshire  129   598   991   703   99   492  97   -   49  482   3,640 
Dumfries & Galloway  -   1,706   7,762   1,151   276   2,540  202   -   -  3,890   17,527 
Dundee City  -   1,661   2,600   1,303   147   2,924  -629   -   195  880   9,081 
East Ayrshire  -   876   4,626   1,636   246   1,228  -252   -   242  2,102   10,704 
East Dunbartonshire  -   659   2,904   920   386   887  330   -   219  1,944   8,249 
East Lothian  -   1,284   855   869   281   81   -   -   225  1,244   4,839 
East Renfrewshire  -   1,086   4,999   1,365   273   215  77   -   178  1,634   9,827 
Edinburgh, City of  -   2,279   6,587   4,537   1,987   5,260  -17,355   -   1,029  8,767   13,091 
Eilean Siar  -   1,519   2,268   361   -   29  48  -144   34  3,590   7,705 
Falkirk  93   1,346   4,166   1,052   486   1,475  -54   -   287  2,303   11,154 
Fife  46   4,236   11,749   4,299   305   4,358  -299   -   1,028  8,125   33,847 
Glasgow City  -   1,600   6,774   10,328   3,028   5,311  -11,355   -   1,052  6,667   23,405 
Highland  -   6,252   9,847   4,883   278   762  -403   167   282  5,521   27,589 
Inverclyde  -   399   5,356   1,117   239   245   204   -   171  1,516   9,247 
Midlothian  -   1,159   2   4   359   1,297  94   -   39  673   3,627 
Moray  -   1,938   1,601   1,013   223   1,108  -237   -   -  504   6,150 
North Ayrshire  -   1,005   5,700   1,466   276   393  666   -   283  2,410   12,199 
North Lanarkshire  -   4,431   9,529   4,410   1,049  -1,088   -   -   575  5,595   24,501 
Orkney Islands  -   615   1,852   196   38   330  10   7,079   123  2,257   12,500 
Perth & Kinross  -   3,964   3,460   1,881   320   1,673  -653   -   84  2,832   13,561 
Renfrewshire  -   1,010   4,232   3,198   596   1,470  -523   -   333  3,014   13,330 
Scottish Borders  253   4,212   5,022   1,363   2   640  237  -10  0  2,495   14,214 
Shetland Islands  147   889   2,820   443   15   516  -1   10,052   4  8,571   23,456 
South Ayrshire  -   966   4,264   1,888   195   1,618  -246   -   264  1,815   10,764 
South Lanarkshire  242   4,931   14,065   5,272   1,349   3,816  -607   -   586  5,541   35,195 
Stirling  -   2,417   2,493   1,191   98   1,143  -138   -   -  1,568   8,772 
West Dunbartonshire  123   567   2,044   1,308   263   455  90   -   -  1,869   6,719 
West Lothian  -   2,682   6,411   3,307   455   348  105   -   701  2,860   16,869 
HITRANS  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
NESTRANS  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
SESTRAN  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  289  289 
SWESTRANS  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
SPT  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  -7,155  -7,155 
TACTRAN  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  -37  -37 
ZetTrans                   -10  -10 
Scotland  16,566   64,650   158,508   70,105   14,216   42,876  -30,921   18,197   8,488   96,359   459,044 

Source: Scottish Government Local Government Finance
1.   Support service costs (e.g. administrative buildings and services such as legal, personnel, accountancy, IT and estates management), are included in the various service totals.  
2. The Scottish National Concessionary Travel bus scheme was introduced in April 2006 and administered by Transport Scotland, therefore local authority figures no longer cover bus travel but cover rail, subway, ferry  and some taxi schemes. Further statistics on concessionary travel can be found in table 11.29. 

 

Table 10.4 Service breakdown of Local Authorities' gross capital expenditure 2015-16 1
  Tangible Fixed Assets Intangible Revenue Expenditure Funded from Capital Resources  
Category of expenditure Acquisition of land, leases, existing buildings or works New construction, conversions & enhancement to existing buildings Vehicles, Plant, machinery & Equipment Intangible assets Third Party Capital Projects Total Gross Capital Expenditure
  £ thousand
Roads  6,190   274,178   9,170   118   3,180   292,836 
Network and Traffic Management  539   39,617   1,177   -   -   41,333 
Bridges  56   20,041   106   -   48   20,251 
Parking services  164   2,133   131   -   -   2,428 
Rail  -   4,407   -   -   -   4,407 
Other Public Transport  249   20,311   24,847   89   22,818   68,314 
Shipping, Airports, Transport Piers & Ferry Terminals  -   2,778   957   -   -   3,735 
Total Roads and Transport  7,198   363,465   36,388   207   26,046   433,304 

Source: Scottish Government Local Government Finance
1. Capital Expenditure is recorded on a accruals basis (not cash) and includes Capital Funded from Current Revenue.

 

Table 10.5  Gross1 capital account expenditure on local authority roads and  transport by Councils and Boards, by type, 2015-16
Authority Roads Network and Traffic Management Bridges Parking services Rail Public Transport Shipping, Airports, Transport Piers & Ferry Terminals Total Roads and Transport
£ thousand
Aberdeen City  37,190   2,325   217   -   -   2,196   -   41,928 
Aberdeenshire  26,314   1,110   1,185   -   -   911   -   29,520 
Angus  7,746   551   490   -   -   170   -   8,957 
Argyll & Bute  6,535   21   374   -   -   485   2,793   10,208 
Clackmannanshire  2,596   563   50   -   -   -   -   3,209 
Dumfries & Galloway  8,738   217   622   31   26   962   -   10,596 
Dundee City  10,298   107   1,295   446   3,326   -   -   15,472 
East Ayrshire  4,451   1,338   1,075   8   -   -   -   6,872 
East Dunbartonshire  8,946   158   -   -   -   -   -   9,104 
East Lothian  7,859   -   -   29   375   -   -   8,263 
East Renfrewshire  213   808   113   21   -   -   -   1,155 
Edinburgh, City of  12,412   5,921   509   219   -   1,653   -   20,714 
Eilean Siar  2,673   638   28   -   -   321   -   3,660 
Falkirk  4,520   411   720   -   -   -   -   5,651 
Fife  13,431   2,616   65   297   -   -   -   16,409 
Glasgow City  12,641   14,731   4,538   9   -   1,590   -   33,509 
Highland  25,519   3   2,174   83   1   959   -   28,739 
Inverclyde  6,284   273   183   21   -   -   -   6,761 
Midlothian  1,527   -   -   -   -   -   -   1,527 
Moray  7,536   493   670   -   -   282   -   8,981 
North Ayrshire  4,714   -   -   -   -   -   -   4,714 
North Lanarkshire  9,406   1,408   1,450   954   85   -   -   13,303 
Orkney Islands  2,343   -   -   -   -   1,198   -   3,541 
Perth & Kinross  10,592   744   547   271   -   204   -   12,358 
Renfrewshire  4,479   337   1,106   -   -   -   -   5,922 
Scottish Borders  5,245   2,188   5   -   594   677   -   8,709 
Shetland Islands  1,772   46   520   -   -   24   942   3,304 
South Ayrshire  2,080   536   46   16   -   249   -   2,927 
South Lanarkshire  25,971   -   -   1   -   296   -   26,268 
Stirling  7,763   -   460   22   -   60   -   8,305 
West Dunbartonshire  6,832   723   -   -   -   -   -   7,555 
West Lothian  4,210   3,067   1,208   -   -   -   -   8,485 
Forth Estuary Transport 2  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Tay Bridge  -   -   601   -   -   -   -   601 
HITRANS  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
NESTRANS  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
SESTRAN  -   -   -   -   -   633   -   633 
SWESTRANS  -   -   -   -   -   850   -   850 
SPT  -   -   -   -   -   54,594   -   54,594 
TACTRAN  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
ZetTrans  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Total  292,836   41,333   20,251   2,428   4,407   68,314   3,735   433,304 

Source: Scottish Government Local Government Finance
1. Capital Expenditure is recorded on a accruals basis (not cash) and includes Capital Funded from Current Revenue.
2. Forth Estuary Transport no longer exists.

 

Table 10.6a  Petrol and diesel prices and duties per litre (year average), GB 1
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Unleaded Petrol 2
Price                pence 86.7 91.3 94.2 107.1 99.3 116.9 133.3 135.4 134.1 127.5 111.1 108.8
of which:
Duty 47.1 47.2 48.9 50.5 54.4 57.2 58.2 58.0 58.0 58.0 58.0 58.0
VAT 3 12.9 13.6 14.0 15.8 13.0 17.4 22.2 22.6 22.4 21.3 18.5 18.1
All tax  60.0 60.8 62.9 66.3 67.3 74.6 80.4 80.5 80.3 79.2 76.5 76.1
All tax as a % of price 69 67 67 62 68 64 60 59 60 62 69 70
Diesel (derv)4,5
Price                pence 90.9 95.2 96.8 117.5 103.9 119.3 138.7 141.8 140.4 133.5 114.9 110.1
of which:
Duty 47.1 47.2 48.9 50.5 54.4 57.2 58.2 58.0 58.0 58.0 58.0 58.0
VAT 3 13.5 14.2 14.4 17.3 13.6 17.8 23.1 23.6 23.4 22.2 19.1 18.4
All tax 60.6 61.4 63.3 67.9 68.0 75.0 81.3 81.6 81.4 80.2 77.1 76.3
All tax as a % of price 67 64 65 58 65 63 59 58 58 60 67 69

Source: DECC - Not National Statistics
1.   DTI discontinued publishing the price of LRP from September 2005, due to the low volume of sales. June  figures for 4 star Lead Replacement Petrol (LRP) are available in previous editions of STS.
2.  From June 2001 Premium unleaded prices represent Ultra Low Sulphur Petrol (ULSP) which now accounts for virtually all Premium unleaded sold.
3.  VAT is rebated to business.  From 1 April 1991 it was 17.5%, 15% in 2009, 17.5% in 2010 and 20% from 2011.
4.  Diesel-engined road vehicle fuel (derv).
5.  From June 2000, the figures are for ultra low sulphur diesel (ULSD) which now accounts for virtually all diesel sold.

Petrol and Diesel prices, year average GB

Petrol and Diesel prices, by month, 2011 to December 2016 GB

 

Table 10.6b  Petrol and diesel prices per litre (year and month), GB 1
  January February March April May June July August September October  November  December
Unleaded 1
2009 86.3 89.4 90.1 93.6 97.0 101.8 102.7 103.8 105.9 104.5 108.3 108.2
2010 111.5 111.6 115.5 119.8 121.2 117.7 117.2 116.2 114.6 117.2 118.7 121.6
2011 127.5 128.4 131.9 134.7 136.7 135.6 135.1 135.3 134.7 134.0 133.2 132.1
2012 132.9 134.6 137.7 141.7 137.7 131.6 131.1 134.1 139.1 138.1 134.5 131.6
2013 131.7 136.4 137.2 136.8 132.7 134.1 134.7 136.9 137.2 131.5 129.7 130.8
2014 130.2 129.0 128.6 128.8 129.3 129.7 131.1 129.3 128.5 126.8 122.5 116.2
2015 108.5 107.2 111.0 112.5 115.7 116.4 116.4 114.5 111.5 109.0 107.2 103.7
2016 101.7 101.4 101.7 106.4 108.4 111.0 111.7 109.0 111.2 113.6 115.9 114.1
Diesel
2009 98.7 100.3 99.9 101.9 103.0 104.3 103.9 104.3 106.6 105.5 109.5 109.3
2010 113.3 113.4 116.2 121.0 122.8 120.1 119.7 118.7 117.2 120.6 122.5 125.8
2011 132.1 133.4 138.1 141.1 141.5 139.6 139.4 139.9 139.2 139.4 140.3 140.6
2012 141.3 142.6 145.0 147.8 144.0 137.4 136.6 139.4 144.0 143.0 141.1 139.7
2013 139.5 143.9 144.6 141.3 138.0 139.3 139.6 141.6 142.3 138.8 137.3 138.8
2014 138.1 136.7 136.0 135.9 136.1 135.4 136.0 133.6 133.1 131.1 127.2 122.4
2015 115.9 114.6 118.2 119.1 121.0 121.2 118.7 111.7 109.8 110.8 110.1 107.8
2016 102.5 101.0 102.4 106.9 109.1 111.9 112.7 110.7 113.2 115.6 118.4 117.2

Source: DECC - Not National Statistics Note: Data for earlier years can be found on the DECC website http://www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/statistics/source/prices/qep411.xls
1.  From June 2001 Premium unleaded prices represent Ultra Low Sulphur Petrol (ULSP) which now accounts for virtually all Premium unleaded sold.

 

Table 10.7 Transport components of the Retail Prices Index, UK
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
    Index: 2005=100
Retail Prices Index (all items) 100.0 103.2 107.6 111.9 111.3 116.5 122.5 126.4 130.3 133.3 134.6
Transport components of the RPI:
Motoring expenditure 100.0 101.5 102.7 105.9 105.2 118.9 129.4 130.5 130.3 129.3 123.7
Purchase of motor vehicles 100.0 97.3 94.7 88.2 87.5 92.8 91.1 89.3 88.2 88.2 86.3
Maintenance of motor vehicles 100.0 106.1 111.6 118.1 123.0 128.7 135.1 137.6 140.9 144.7 147.4
Petrol and oil 100.0 105.5 108.4 124.7 114.7 134.1 153.5 156.5 154.9 147.5 128.0
Vehicle tax and Insurance 100.0 101.3 105.9 109.3 119.9 152.7 184.3 188.2 190.0 194.8 203.8
Fares and other travel costs 100.0 101.8 108.1 115.6 121.0 127.3 136.6 143.1 147.3 152.3 160.9
Rail fares 100.0 104.0 109.3 114.1 120.2 129.8 139.0 145.7 151.8 156.9 160.2
Bus and Coach fares 100.0 101.4 107.2 113.8 120.7 126.1 134.5 141.8 145.4 148.0 152.8
Other travel costs 100.0 100.9 107.5 116.3 120.3 127.8 137.6 142.4 148.3 153.0 162.9
Constant prices - Adjusted for general inflation using all items RPI
Motoring expenditure 100.0 98.3 95.5 94.7 94.5 102.1 105.7 103.2 100.1 96.9 91.9
Purchase of motor vehicles 100.0 94.3 88.0 78.8 78.7 79.7 74.4 70.6 67.7 66.1 64.1
Maintenance of motor vehicles 100.0 102.8 103.7 105.6 110.5 110.5 110.3 108.8 108.2 108.5 109.5
Petrol and oil 100.0 102.2 100.7 111.4 103.1 115.1 125.3 123.8 118.9 110.6 95.1
Vehicle tax and Insurance 100.0 98.2 98.4 97.7 107.7 131.2 150.4 148.9 145.8 146.1 151.3
Fares and other travel costs 100.0 98.6 100.5 103.3 108.7 109.3 111.5 113.2 113.1 114.2 119.5
Rail fares 100.0 100.8 101.6 102.0 108.0 111.4 113.5 115.3 116.5 117.7 119.0
Bus and Coach fares 100.0 98.3 99.6 101.7 108.4 108.3 109.8 112.2 111.6 111.0 113.5
Other travel costs 100.0 97.7 99.9 104.0 108.1 109.7 112.3 112.7 113.9 114.8 121.0

Source: Office for National Statistics

 

Table 10.8 Average weekly household expenditure in Scotland on transport and vehicles (£)1
  2003-04 to 2005-06 2006-08 2007-09 2008-10 2009-11 2010-12 2011-13 2012-14 2014-16 3
  ave. 2
Purchase of vehicles 23.70 24.30 24.10 23.10 19.90 18.20 21.00 26.20 28.60
Purchase of new cars and vans 11.40 8.80 8.70 7.40 5.70 6.10 8.70 12.50 13.90
Purchase of second hand cars or vans 11.90 14.90 14.70 15.00 13.70 11.80 11.80 12.70 13.40
Purchase of motorcycles and other vehicles 0.50 0.60 0.70 0.70 0.50 [0.30] [0.50] [1.00] [1.40]
Operation of personal transport 23.00 27.20 27.30 27.80 27.80 30.00 32.30 33.30 30.30
Spares and accessories 1.80 1.80 1.80 2.00 1.60 1.70 1.90 2.20 2.10
Petrol, diesel and other motor oils 15.00 18.40 18.40 19.20 19.50 21.60 23.20 23.90 21.40
Repairs and servicing 4.70 5.20 5.30 5.10 5.20 5.20 5.50 5.30 5.10
Other motoring costs 1.50 1.90 1.80 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.70 1.90 1.60
Transport services 7.70 8.40 9.70 12.10 13.50 13.60 12.40 13.80 15.10
Rail and tube fares 1.30 1.80 2.00 2.20 2.00 2.10 2.20 2.40 2.60
Bus and coach fares 1.60 1.70 1.60 1.70 1.90 2.00 2.10 1.80 1.70
Combined fares [0.10] [0.20] 0.30 [0.30] [0.20] [0.10] [0.00] [0.10] [0.10]
Other travel and transport 4.80 4.60 5.80 7.90 9.40 9.30 8.10 9.60 10.70
Total Transport Expenditure 54.40 59.90 61.10 63.00 61.20 61.80 65.80 73.30 74.00
Total Household Expenditure 393.80 432.80 438.70 447.20 440.60 437.30 449.00 474.40 481.70
Transport as % of total exp 13.8 13.8 13.9 14.1 13.9 14.1 14.7 15.5 15.4

Source: Office for National Statistics
1.  Based on weighted data and including children's expenditure.
2.  The figures in this column refer to the average expenditure over the three financial year periods to reduce the effect of the sampling errors
3.  ONS have changed the reporting period from calendar years to financial years . Users should exercise caution when making comparisons with previous years.