Chapter 10: Transport and Travel Finance in Scotland

Chapter 10: Transport and Travel Finance in Scotland

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 £2,074 million on transport in 2016/17. Local Authorities spent a further £900 million.
• Personal spend on transport and travel accounted for 15% of household spending between 2015 and 2017.
• In 2017 petrol prices started at 118.7 pence per litre in January before rising to 120.0 pence in December. Similarly diesel prices rose in 2017 from 122.0 in January to 123.5 pence by December.

2. Main Points

Motorways & Trunk Roads

2.1 The total of capital and current expenditure on motorways and trunk roads in 2016-17 was estimated at £713 million, £49 million (7%) more than the 2015/16 figure, a big part of which is expenditure on the Forth Replacement Crossing. Total expenditure on transport within Scottish Ministers' responsibility in 2016-17 was budgeted at £2,074 million, £59 million (3%) more than in the previous year. (Table 10.1)

2.2 Expenditure on the management and maintenance of the trunk road network totalled £119m in 2015-16. The expenditure is split £9.2m on capitalised maintenance and £110.2m 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 2016-17, net revenue expenditure on transport controlled by local authorities was £398 million. In cash terms, this was 5 per cent less than in 2015-16. Road maintenance (£204 million in 2016-17) accounted for 51% of the expenditure. The other main categories of expenditure in 2016-17 were:

• contributions to passenger transport (excluding concessionary fares) - £108 million;
• road lighting - £65 million;
• network and traffic management (excluding school crossing patrols) - £36 million

In 2016-17, the net income from parking charges was £39 million, 11% more than 2015-16. (Table 10.1)

2.4 The Local Authorities with the highest net revenue expenditure on roads and transport (excluding loan charges) in 2016-17 were: Fife, (£29.4 million), South Lanarkshire (£27.7 million), Highland (£26.6 million), and North Lanarkshire (£24.4 million). (Table 10.3) The table also shows local authorities' figures for other types of expenditure in 2016/17:

• Road maintenance/Winter maintenance South Lanarkshire had the highest expenditure on road maintenance (£17.0 million), followed by Highland (£16.0 million). Scottish Borders spent the most on winter maintenance (£4.7 million).

• Contributions to Public Transport in terms of the total net revenue expenditure on 'local authority' and 'non LA' public transport, Shetland Islands (£17.4 million) made the largest contributions to passenger transport. Edinburgh spent £10.5 million.

• Road Lighting Glasgow spent most on road lighting (£10.0 million), followed by Highland (£4.2 million).

• Parking Edinburgh had the largest net income from parking (£21.9 million) followed by Glasgow at £13.3 million.

Gross Capital Expenditure

2.5 Gross capital account expenditure by councils and boards on local authority roads and transport totalled £462 million in 2016-17, slightly less than the previous year. Of this total £312 million was spent on roads and £75 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 2016-17 were: Highland (£48.5 million) and South Lanarkshire (£35.1 million). Highland spent the most on roads (£43.3 million) followed by Aberdeen City(£28.1 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 2016 and 2017 the average price of unleaded petrol increased by 8.8 pence, and diesel increased by 10.0 pence per litre in Great Britain. In 2017, petrol prices increased by 1.3 pence between January and December and diesel prices increased by 1.5 pence over the same period. Tax (duty plus VAT) represented 66% of the price for unleaded petrol and 65% of the price for diesel in Great Britain in 2017, compared with 67% for unleaded petrol and 64% for diesel in 2006. (Table 10.6)

2.9 The UK Retail Prices Index (RPI) rose by 33% between 2006 and 2016. 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 41%, petrol and oil by 18% and there was a 133% 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 33% increase in the RPI and therefore a real term fall between 2006 and 2016. Over the same period, fares and other travel costs rose by 62% in cash terms - rail fares by 54% and bus and coach fares by 57%, increases of 15% and 17% above general inflation. (Table 10.7)

2.10 Average weekly household expenditure in Scotland on transport and vehicles in 2015-17 was £71.70, representing 14.6% of total household expenditure. On average, £26.20 was spent on the purchase of vehicles, £27.90 on the operation of personal transport (including £19.50 on petrol, diesel and other motor oils) and £17.60 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

	2006 -07	2007 -08	2008 -09	2009 -10	2010 -11	2011 -12	2012 -13	2013 -14	2014 -15	2015 -16	2016 -17
Expenditure on transport within the Scottish Ministers' responsibility	£ million at outturn prices
Motorways and trunk roads
Capital 1
- New construction and improvements 1	146	132	166	258	207	45	47	101	76	184	320
- Forth Replacement Crossing	-	-	22	30	30	152	242	193	232	217	114
- Capital maintenance 2	-	-	30	31	29	18	12	10	8	14	-
Total	146	132	218	319	266	215	301	304	316	415	434
Current
- Routine and winter maintenance etc	92	88	73	75	101	69	75	73	78	79	73
- Network Strengthening and Improvements 3	140	140	114	111	105	85	77	85	71	72	115
- Other	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	21	18	18	18
- Design, build, finance, operate payments	28	35	32	32	36	54	57	59	68	80	73
Total	260	263	219	218	242	208	241	238	235	249	279
Total capital and current (a)	406	395	437	537	508	423	542	542	551	664	713
Central Government support to transport industries 12
Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd	34	28	26	26	25	27	23	21	34	38	25
Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd	44	45	51	56	59	68	74	86	107	123	134
Scottish Canals 10	17	9	12	12	12	11	11	14	11	10	10
Rail Services in Scotland 10	820	929	831	807	749	777	783	803	676	745	731
Northern Isles Ferries 11	33	29	33	36	40	43	41	38	36	32	35
Bus Service Operators Grant 11	63	67	64	64	63	61	62	50	51	53	53
Freight Facilities Grant 11	3	2	5	2	5	2	1	1	1	1	1
Integrated Transport Fund 11	35	1
Major public transport projects	160	251	129	159	75	70	36	35	3	3	6
National Concessionary Travel schemes (incl Smartcards) 12	163	174	193	201	187	188	193	197	197	196	196
Other 7	13	84	45	22	53	52	68	93	115	150	170
Total (b)	1,214	1,369	1,248	1,216	1,193	1,229	1,292	1,336	1,231	1,351	1,361
Total Ministers' resp. (sum of a and b)	1,620	1,764	1,685	1,753	1,701	1,652	1,834	1,878	1,782	2,015	2,074
Local transport - gross capital  4 expenditure
New construction and improvement 5	299	285	345	310	293	328	318	350	361	361	377
Other investment 6	149	218	149	164	107	157	185	111	72	43	84
Total	448	503	494	474	400	485	504	461	433	404	462
Expenditure on transport controlled by local authorities
Local transport - net revenue expenditure (excl. loan charges) 8,9
Administration	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Construction	5	6	4	4	4	5	6	16	17	6	3
Road maintenance (incl winter maintenance)	252	261	274	293	317	256	271	241	223	216	204
Road lighting	61	65	67	69	66	66	73	69	70	68	65
Parking	-24	-24	-29	-23	-24	-25	-29	-29	-31	-35	-39
Network and traffic management	39	39	43	42	38	40	44	46	43	44	36
(other than school crossing patrols)
Concessionary fares	10	8	12	13	7	6	7	8	8	8	7
Contributions to passenger transport	72	76	66	72	80	115	101	95	115	99	108
School crossing patrols	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	14
Total controlled by Local Authorities	432	450	453	486	503	477	487	460	459	418	398

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, 2015-16

Description	Capital	Current 2	Total
	Capital Maintenance	Routine, Cyclical and Winter Maintenance and Network Management
	£ thousand at outturn prices
North East Operating Company	2,009	18,539	20,547
North West Operating Company	5,552	28,848	34,400
South East Operating Company	177	23,120	23,297
South West Operating Company	1,418	27,306	28,724
Forth Bridges Operating Company 3	0	12,349	12,349
Total	9,156	110,162	119,318

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).
3. The Forth Bridge Operating Contract commenced on 1 June 2015

Table 10.3    Net revenue expenditure on roads and transport (excluding loan charges) by Councils , by type, 2016-17 ¹

Council	Roads				Network and traffic management		Parking Services	Public Transport			Total
	Constr-uction	Maintenance		Lighting	School crossing patrols	Other		Local     Authority	Non Local Authority
		Winter mainte-nance	Structural, environmental and safety maintenance and routine repairs					LA public transport	Conces-sionary fares 2	Other non LA public transport
	£ thousand
Aberdeen City	-	1,152	4,930	2,111	147	2,197	-	-	-	149	10,686
Aberdeenshire	-	3,330	8,322	2,456	411	1,600	101	-	252	7,700	24,172
Angus	2,182	2,278	2,016	1,238	-	-	184	-	17	2,295	10,210
Argyll & Bute	66	1,919	4,870	1,721	316	633	-363	1,666	183	2,326	13,337
Clackmannanshire	63	304	884	436	57	-1	0	-	62	333	2,138
Dumfries & Galloway	-	1,170	5,258	1,078	232	1,839	195	-	-	3,653	13,425
Dundee City	-	1,330	1,095	1,092	-	2,883	-903	-	156	739	6,392
East Ayrshire	-	580	4,654	2,237	250	1,333	-835	-	242	2,092	10,553
East Dunbartonshire	-	310	2,542	812	355	906	157	-	219	1,893	7,194
East Lothian	-	1,190	674	1,421	270	87	86	-	206	1,258	5,192
East Renfrewshire	-	1,106	5,263	1,199	294	127	129	-	178	1,636	9,932
Edinburgh, City of	-	1,487	12,149	2,907	1,959	1,779	-21,869	-	1,114	9,401	8,927
Eilean Siar	-	1,114	1,896	352	-	105	66	-76	2	3,373	6,832
Falkirk	74	1,448	4,045	1,241	437	1,529	-142	-	131	2,061	10,824
Fife	87	3,818	9,503	3,938	282	3,390	-454	-	756	8,077	29,397
Glasgow City	-	1,504	7,924	9,969	3,237	4,213	-13,251	-	1,052	7,854	22,502
Highland	-	3,982	12,062	4,218	305	1,173	-481	-65	247	5,136	26,577
Inverclyde	-	465	1,095	1,213	296	204	-39	-	171	1,515	4,920
Midlothian	-	815	1,451	1,417	280	1,210	229	-	32	668	6,102
Moray	-	1,656	1,894	975	255	845	-328	70	-	482	5,849
North Ayrshire	-	798	5,904	1,246	324	375	141	-	283	2,417	11,488
North Lanarkshire	-	3,472	8,036	3,666	1,206	1,889	-	-	575	5,595	24,439
Orkney Islands	-	668	1,249	214	44	371	24	7,568	122	2,301	12,561
Perth & Kinross	-	3,239	3,786	1,530	292	1,238	-510	-	73	2,781	12,429
Renfrewshire	21	1,126	2,824	2,662	665	1,458	-763	1,581	-	3,684	13,258
Scottish Borders	298	4,709	3,689	1,273	162	721	216	-	0	2,550	13,618
Shetland Islands	-	974	3,854	454	16	612	9	13,155	7	4,246	23,327
South Ayrshire	-	621	5,838	1,581	132	691	-481	-	264	1,797	10,443
South Lanarkshire	260	4,121	12,916	3,035	1,194	726	-656	-	586	5,532	27,714
Stirling	-	804	1,846	3,450	162	344	-74	-	-	1,853	8,385
West Dunbartonshire	-	588	1,524	694	155	703	77	-	-	1,820	5,561
West Lothian	-	2,135	5,915	2,933	362	527	149	-	559	2,219	14,799
HITRANS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NESTRANS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SESTRAN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	688	688
SWESTRANS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SPT	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-15,721	-15,721
TACTRAN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-38	-38
ZetTrans	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-10	-10
Scotland	3,051	54,213	149,908	64,769	14,097	35,707	-39,386	23,899	7,489	84,355	398,102

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 2016-17 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 Expenditure to be met from Capital Resources
	£ thousand
Roads	7,310	289,350	14,819	121	1,627	313,227
Network and Traffic Management	1,674	28,606	728	-	-	31,008
Bridges	99	24,927	46	-	-2	25,070
Parking services	190	3,599	555	-	-	4,344
Rail	7,748	6,788	-	-	-	14,536
Other Public Transport	78	23,837	50,692	173	8,396	83,176
Shipping, Airports, Transport Piers & Ferry Terminals	-	267	-	-	-	267
Total Roads and Transport	17,099	377,374	66,840	294	10,021	471,628

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, 2016-17 

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	24,509	2,587	753	-	-	229	-	28,078
Aberdeenshire	18,358	482	1,453	-	-	7,678	-	27,971
Angus	8,739	482	447	-	-	120	-	9,788
Argyll & Bute	5,726	108	478	-	-	374	-	6,686
Clackmannanshire	3,882	-	35	-	-	-	-	3,917
Dumfries & Galloway	9,402	655	1,455	30	87	273	-	11,902
Dundee City	7,282	138	11	12	6,598	30	-	14,071
East Ayrshire	4,047	1,370	837	62	-	-	-	6,316
East Dunbartonshire	9,817	469	511	15	-	143	-	10,955
East Lothian	8,477	-	-	-	-	-	-	8,477
East Renfrewshire	1,431	177	184	29	30	-	-	1,851
Edinburgh, City of	10,624	5,259	782	460	-	507	-	17,632
Eilean Siar	2,238	173	571	-	-	164	-	3,146
Falkirk	3,824	284	670	87	-	-	-	4,865
Fife	14,338	1,600	124	108	15	-	-	16,185
Glasgow City	19,495	7,798	3,475	362	-	1,149	-	32,279
Highland	43,254	92	4,705	1	-	416	-	48,468
Inverclyde	5,488	145	77	231	-	-	-	5,941
Midlothian	3,079	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,079
Moray	6,091	5	670	34	-	380	-	7,180
North Ayrshire	5,016	-	306	-	-	-	-	5,322
North Lanarkshire	12,452	1,822	1,301	492	-	175	-	16,242
Orkney Islands	4,854	-	-	-	-	600	-	5,454
Perth & Kinross	21,051	1,893	1,532	1,847	-	-	-	26,323
Renfrewshire	9,582	273	1,384	51	-	-	-	11,290
Scottish Borders	4,909	1,467	1,483	-	7,801	137	-	15,797
Shetland Islands	1,538	41	369	-	-	439	267	2,654
South Ayrshire	2,581	614	99	6	-	-	-	3,300
South Lanarkshire	23,828	462	-	320	-	10,522	-	35,132
Stirling	8,840	-	217	197	-	27	-	9,281
West Dunbartonshire	2,496	812	-	-	5	71	-	3,384
West Lothian	4,352	1,800	1,067	-	-	-	-	7,219
Tay Bridge	-	-	76	-	-	-	-	76
HITRANS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NESTRANS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SESTRAN	-	-	-	-	-	94	-	94
SWESTRANS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SPT	-	-	-	-	-	51,252	-	51,252
TACTRAN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ZetTrans	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	311,600	31,008	25,072	4,344	14,536	74,780	267	461,607

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 10.6a   Petrol and diesel prices and duties per litre (year average), GB ¹

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Unleaded Petrol 2
Price pence	91.3	94.2	107.1	99.3	116.9	133.3	135.4	134.1	127.5	111.1	108.8	117.6
of which:
Duty	47.2	48.9	50.5	54.4	57.2	58.2	58.0	58.0	58.0	58.0	58.0	58.0
VAT 3	13.6	14.0	15.8	13.0	17.4	22.2	22.6	22.4	21.3	18.5	18.1	19.6
All tax	60.8	62.9	66.3	67.3	74.6	80.4	80.5	80.3	79.2	76.5	76.1	77.5
All tax as a % of price	67	67	62	68	64	60	59	60	62	69	70	66
Diesel (derv)4,5
Price pence	95.2	96.8	117.5	103.9	119.3	138.7	141.8	140.4	133.5	114.9	110.1	120.1
of which:
Duty	47.2	48.9	50.5	54.4	57.2	58.2	58.0	58.0	58.0	58.0	58.0	58.0
VAT 3	14.2	14.4	17.3	13.6	17.8	23.1	23.6	23.4	22.2	19.1	18.4	20.0
All tax	61.4	63.3	67.9	68.0	75.0	81.3	81.6	81.4	80.2	77.1	76.3	78.0
All tax as a % of price	64	65	58	65	63	59	58	58	60	67	69	65

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.

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
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
2017	118.7	119.9	119.4	117.3	115.5	115.5	113.9	115.6	118.9	117.2	119.1	120.0
Diesel
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
2017	122.0	122.8	122.3	119.9	117.4	117.5	115.4	117.3	120.5	120.3	122.7	123.5

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.

Petrol and Diesel prices, year average GB

Petrol and Diesel prices, by month, 2012 to December 2017 GB

Table 10.7  Transport components of the Retail Prices Index, UK

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	Index: 2006=100
Retail Prices Index (all items)	100.0	104.3	108.4	107.9	112.9	118.7	122.5	126.2	129.2	130.5	132.8
Transport components of the RPI:
Motoring expenditure	100.0	101.2	104.4	103.6	117.2	127.6	128.6	128.5	127.4	121.9	123.6
Purchase of motor vehicles	100.0	97.4	90.7	90.0	95.4	93.7	91.8	90.7	90.7	88.7	86.4
Maintenance of motor vehicles	100.0	105.1	111.3	115.9	121.3	127.3	129.7	132.8	136.4	138.9	141.2
Petrol and oil	100.0	102.7	118.2	108.8	127.1	145.5	148.3	146.9	139.8	121.3	118.0
Vehicle tax and Insurance	100.0	104.6	107.9	118.4	150.8	181.9	185.8	187.6	192.3	201.2	233.2
Fares and other travel costs	100.0	106.2	113.6	118.9	125.1	134.2	140.6	144.8	149.7	158.1	161.9
Rail fares	100.0	105.1	109.7	115.5	124.8	133.7	140.1	146.0	150.9	154.0	154.4
Bus and Coach fares	100.0	105.7	112.2	119.0	124.3	132.6	139.8	143.4	145.9	150.7	156.6
Other travel costs	100.0	106.6	115.3	119.3	126.7	136.4	141.2	147.1	151.7	161.6	165.9
Constant prices - Adjusted for general inflation using all items RPI
Motoring expenditure	100.0	97.1	96.3	96.1	103.9	107.4	104.9	101.8	98.6	93.4	93.1
Purchase of motor vehicles	100.0	93.4	83.6	83.4	84.5	78.9	74.9	71.8	70.2	68.0	65.1
Maintenance of motor vehicles	100.0	100.8	102.7	107.4	107.5	107.2	105.8	105.2	105.5	106.4	106.3
Petrol and oil	100.0	98.5	109.0	100.8	112.6	122.6	121.1	116.3	108.2	93.0	88.8
Vehicle tax and Insurance	100.0	100.3	99.5	109.7	133.6	153.2	151.6	148.6	148.8	154.2	175.6
Fares and other travel costs	100.0	101.8	104.7	110.2	110.8	113.0	114.7	114.7	115.8	121.2	121.9
Rail fares	100.0	100.8	101.2	107.1	110.6	112.6	114.3	115.6	116.7	118.0	116.3
Bus and Coach fares	100.0	101.4	103.5	110.3	110.2	111.7	114.1	113.6	112.9	115.5	117.9
Other travel costs	100.0	102.2	106.4	110.6	112.3	114.9	115.3	116.5	117.4	123.8	124.9

Source: Office for National Statistics

Table 10.8  Average weekly household expenditure in Scotland on transport and vehicles (£)¹

	2006-08	2007-09	2008-10	2009-11	2010-12	2011-13	2012-14	2014-16 3	2015-17 3
Purchase of vehicles	24.30	24.10	23.10	19.90	18.20	21.00	26.20	28.60	26.20
Purchase of new cars and vans	8.80	8.70	7.40	5.70	6.10	8.70	12.50	13.90	12.40
Purchase of second hand cars or vans	14.90	14.70	15.00	13.70	11.80	11.80	12.70	13.40	12.40
Purchase of motorcycles and other vehicles	0.60	0.70	0.70	0.50	[0.30]	[0.50]	[1.00]	[1.40]	[1.30]
Operation of personal transport	27.20	27.30	27.80	27.80	30.00	32.30	33.30	30.30	27.90
Spares and accessories	1.80	1.80	2.00	1.60	1.70	1.90	2.20	2.10	2.10
Petrol, diesel and other motor oils	18.40	18.40	19.20	19.50	21.60	23.20	23.90	21.40	19.50
Repairs and servicing	5.20	5.30	5.10	5.20	5.20	5.50	5.30	5.10	4.60
Other motoring costs	1.90	1.80	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.70	1.90	1.60	1.70
Transport services	8.40	9.70	12.10	13.50	13.60	12.40	13.80	15.10	17.60
Rail and tube fares	1.80	2.00	2.20	2.00	2.10	2.20	2.40	2.60	2.70
Bus and coach fares	1.70	1.60	1.70	1.90	2.00	2.10	1.80	1.70	1.70
Combined fares	[0.20]	0.30	[0.30]	[0.20]	[0.10]	[0.00]	[0.10]	[0.10]	..
Other travel and transport	4.60	5.80	7.90	9.40	9.30	8.10	9.60	10.70	13.00
Total Transport Expenditure	59.90	61.10	63.00	61.20	61.80	65.80	73.30	74.00	71.70
Total Household Expenditure	432.80	438.70	447.20	440.60	437.30	449.00	474.40	481.70	492.30
Transport as % of total exp	13.8	13.9	14.1	13.9	14.1	14.7	15.5	15.4	14.6

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.