Chapter 10: Transport and Travel Finance in Scotland

Chapter 10: Transport and Travel Finance in Scotland

Finance

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 £2,096 million on transport in 2018/19.  Local Authorities spent a further £822 million.
• Personal spend on transport and travel accounted for 14% of household spending between 2016 and 2018.
• In 2019 petrol prices started at 119.5 pence per litre in January before rising to 124.7 pence in December. However, diesel prices rose slightly in 2019 from 129.3 in January to 129.8 pence by December. 

2. Main  Points

Motorways & Trunk Roads

2.1 The total of capital and current expenditure on motorways and trunk roads in 2018-19 was estimated at £580 million,  £40 million (6%) less than the 2017/18 figure, with less expenditure on the Forth Replacement Crossing. Total expenditure on transport within Scottish Ministers' responsibility in 2018-19 was budgeted at £2,096 million, £29 million (1%) less than in the previous year.  (Table 10.1)

2.2 Expenditure on the management and maintenance of the trunk road network totalled £202m in 2017-18.  The expenditure is split £13.4m on capitalised maintenance and £188.4m 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 2018-19, net revenue expenditure on transport controlled by local authorities was £379 million. In cash terms, this was 12 per cent less than in 2017-18. Road maintenance (£195 million in 2018-19) accounted for 51% of the expenditure.  The other main categories of expenditure in 2018-19 were:

• contributions to passenger transport (excluding concessionary fares) - £109 million;
• road lighting - £63 million;
• network and traffic management (excluding school crossing patrols) - £33 million;
• In 2018-19, the net income from parking charges was £44 million, 7% more than 2017-18.  (Table 10.1)

2.4 The Local Authorities with the highest net revenue expenditure on roads and transport (excluding loan charges) in 2018-19 were: Highland, (£33.5 million), Fife (£28.4 million), North Lanarkshire (£25.1 million), and South Lanarkshire (£23.6 million). (Table 10.3) The table also shows local authorities’ figures for other types of expenditure in 2018/19:

• Road maintenance/Winter maintenance Highland had the highest expenditure on road maintenance (£19.2 million), followed by Fife (£14.3 million). Highland spent the most on winter maintenance (£8.1 million).
• Contributions to Public Transportin terms of the total net revenue expenditure on ‘local authority’ and ‘non LA’ public transport, Shetland Islands (£12.9 million) made the largest contributions to passenger transport. Fife spent £9.7 million.
• Road Lighting  Glasgow spent most on road lighting (£10 million), followed by North Lanarkshire (£4.8 million).
• Parking Edinburgh had the largest net income from parking (£24.1 million) followed by Glasgow at £12.8 million.

Gross Capital Expenditure

2.5 Gross capital account expenditure by councils and boards on local authority roads and transport totalled £462 million in 2018-19, 15% more than the previous year. Of this total £309 million was spent on roads and £79 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 2018-19 were: Aberdeenshire (£39.2 million) and Highland (£33.6 million). Highland spent the most on roads (£25.9 million) followed by South Lanarkshire (£25.1 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 2018 and 2019 the average price of unleaded petrol decreased by 0.3 pence, and diesel increased by 1.5 pence per litre in Great Britain.  In 2019, petrol prices increased by 5.2 pence between January and December and diesel prices increased by 0.5 pence over the same period.  Tax (duty plus VAT) represented 59% of the price for unleaded petrol and 65% of the price for diesel in Great Britain in 2019, compared with 62% for unleaded petrol and 58% for diesel in 2008.  (Table 10.6)

2.9 The UK Retail Prices Index (RPI) rose by 31% between 2008 and 2018. 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 35%, petrol and oil by 16% and there was a 163% rise in the cost of vehicle tax and insurance. However, the cost of purchasing a motor vehicle fell by 1% in cash terms over the last ten years.  As a result, motoring expenditure index rose by 32%, slightly higher than the 31% increase in the RPI and therefore a slight real term rise between 2008 and 2018.  Over the same period, fares and other travel costs rose by 52% in cash terms - rail fares by 49% and bus and coach fares by 67%, increases of 18% and 35% above general inflation. (Table 10.7)

2.10 Average weekly household expenditure in Scotland on transport and vehicles in 2016-18 was £68.20, representing 13.9% of total household expenditure. On average, £23.50 was spent on the purchase of vehicles, £27.00 on the operation of personal transport (including £18.40 on petrol, diesel and other motor oils) and £17.70 on transport services (such as bus and train fares). (Table 10.8)

 

Table 10.1: Expenditure on transport within the Scottish Ministers' responsibility, and local government expenditure on Roads and Transport

	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
Expenditure on transport within the Scottish Ministers' responsibility											£ million at outturn prices
Motorways and trunk roads
Capital 1
- New construction and improvements 1	166	258	207	45	47	101	76	184	320	184	158
- Forth Replacement Crossing	22	30	30	152	242	193	232	217	114	74	17
- Capital maintenance 2	30	31	29	18	12	10	8	14	-	7	5
Total	218	319	266	215	301	304	316	415	434	265	180
Current
- Routine and winter maintenance etc	73	75	101	69	75	73	78	79	73	93	96
- Network Strengthening and Improvements 3	114	111	105	85	77	85	71	72	115	119	129
- Other	-	-	-	-	32	21	18	18	18	33	53
- Design, build, finance, operate payments	32	32	36	54	57	59	68	80	73	110	122
Total	219	218	242	208	241	238	235	249	279	355	400
Total capital and current (a)	437	537	508	423	542	542	551	664	713	620	580
Central Government support to transport industries 12
Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd	26	26	25	27	23	21	34	38	25	29	28
Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd	51	56	59	68	74	86	107	123	134	131	142
Scottish Canals 7	12	12	12	11	11	14	11	10	10	12	19
Rail Services in Scotland 7	831	807	749	777	783	803	676	745	731	756	756
Northern Isles Ferries 8	33	36	40	43	41	38	36	32	35	46	43
Bus Service Operators Grant 8	64	64	63	61	62	50	51	53	53	51	52
Freight Facilities Grant 8	5	2	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Integrated Transport Fund 8
Major public transport projects	129	159	75	70	36	35	3	3	6	5	0
National Concessionary Travel schemes (incl Smartcards) 9	193	201	187	188	193	197	197	196	196	201	207
Other 4	45	22	53	52	68	93	115	150	170	273	268
Total (b)	1,248	1,216	1,193	1,229	1,292	1,336	1,231	1,351	1,361	1,505	1,516
Total Ministers' resp. (sum of a and b)	1,685	1,753	1,701	1,652	1,834	1,878	1,782	2,015	2,074	2,125	2,096
Local government gross capital expenditure on Roads and Transport
New construction and improvement	284	412	338	411	439	401	366	361	377	306	353
Other investment	138	50	42	46	39	25	40	43	84	85	90
Total Gross Capital Expenditure	422	462	380	457	478	426	406	404	461	391	443
Local government net revenue expenditure on Roads and Transport, excluding loan charges 5, 6
Construction	3	4	3	4	5	14	5	6	3	3	3
Road maintenance (incl winter maintenance)	272	292	315	252	268	228	216	216	203	221	195
Road lighting	67	69	66	66	72	68	69	68	66	63	63
Parking	-26	-24	-25	-26	-30	-29	-32	-35	-39	-41	-44
Network and traffic management (other than school crossing patrols)	43	42	37	40	44	45	43	44	36	31	33
Concessionary fares	12	13	7	6	7	8	8	8	7	7	6
Contributions to passenger transport	66	71	76	115	89	90	99	99	108	132	109
School crossing patrols	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	12
Total Net Revenue Expenditure	452	483	495	472	468	439	423	418	398	430	379

Source: Expenditure on a and b above provided by Transport Scotland - Not National Statistics; Local Government figures are from Scottish Government CR Final and LFR 05 respectively

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.   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).

5.  The revenue account figures are reported on an accruals basis (i.e. reflected in the accounts of the period in which they take place).

6.   Includes support for LA and non-LA transport undertakings.

7. 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 British Waterways renamed Scottish Canals following split.responsibility of the Department for Transport). 

8.  Separate figures for each of these categories were not available prior to 2003 -04

9. 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, 2017-18

Description	Capital	Current 2	Total
	Capital Maintenance	Routine, Cyclical and Winter Maintenance and Network Management
			£ thousand at outturn prices
North East Operating Company	157	29,160	29,317
North West Operating Company	5,357	48,846	54,203
South East Operating Company	518	33,183	33,701
South West Operating Company	7,346	48,200	55,546
Forth Bridges Operating Company 3	0	28,983	28,983
Total	13,378	188,372	201,750

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: Local government net revenue expenditure on Roads and Transport, excluding loan charges, in 2018-19 by subservice and local authority, £ thousands ¹

Local Authority	Roads			Network and traffic management			Parking Services	Public Transport			Total
	Construction	Maintenance		Lighting	School crossing patrols	Other		Local Authority	Non - Local Authority
		Winter maintenance	Structural, environmental and safety maintenance and routine repairs					LA public transport	Concessionary fares 2	Other non LA public transport
Aberdeen City	-	1,677	-1,548	4,293	286	3,519	-	-	-	429	8,656
Aberdeenshire	-	4,697	-176	2,172	414	1,526	179	-	246	7,643	16,701
Angus	2,705	2,520	2,396	959	-	-	-212	-	-	2,222	10,590
Argyll & Bute	52	1,995	5,693	1,249	170	681	-357	1,431	175	2,646	13,735
Clackmannanshire	193	449	1,047	354	28	96	10	-	53	347	2,577
Dumfries & Galloway	-	1,514	7,108	672	263	990	189	-	-	3,760	14,496
Dundee City	-	1,443	1,342	1,063	-	2,733	-2,122	-	43	636	5,138
East Ayrshire	-	735	5,412	1,910	240	1,112	-381	-	233	2,019	11,280
East Dunbartonshire	-	427	2,705	725	401	939	-82	-	210	1,818	7,143
East Lothian	-	1,295	964	1,372	261	407	1	-	92	1,139	5,531
East Renfrewshire	-	956	6,197	1,206	224	103	164	-	171	1,572	10,593
Edinburgh, City of	-	2,090	8,977	4,751	1,279	378	-24,082	381	959	-3,791	-   9,058
Eilean Siar	-	1,496	1,821	366	11	19	41	778	-	2,929	7,461
Falkirk	4	1,288	2,107	1,322	386	1,825	-205	-	131	2,015	8,873
Fife	24	3,301	11,043	2,763	333	1,674	-508	-	380	9,362	28,372
Glasgow City	-	1,040	10,437	10,006	3,304	1,695	-12,801	-	1,010	7,013	21,704
Highland	-	8,113	11,123	4,268	182	2,362	-1,130	102	146	8,348	33,514
Inverclyde	-	317	1,613	904	170	195	-44	-	164	1,458	4,777
Midlothian	-	774	1,754	1,041	309	885	164	-	13	655	5,595
Moray	-	1,780	1,976	642	173	875	-523	152	-	385	5,460
North Ayrshire	-	834	5,969	1,479	291	62	204	-	272	2,322	11,433
North Lanarkshire	-	3,871	7,702	4,789	1,196	1,646	-	-	552	5,374	25,130
Orkney Islands	-	781	1,983	246	44	432	-14	3,774	113	2,484	9,843
Perth & Kinross	-	3,613	3,367	1,424	49	1,146	-878	-	59	2,635	11,415
Renfrewshire	17	1,096	3,190	1,642	675	1,688	-504	1,760	287	3,029	12,880
Scottish Borders	350	4,022	2,556	982	142	550	147	27	16	2,352	11,144
Shetland Islands	-	1,123	3,348	452	13	598	20	8,939	7	3,936	18,436
South Ayrshire	-	629	4,635	1,698	109	677	-504	-	261	1,890	9,395
South Lanarkshire	133	4,416	7,672	2,381	855	2,961	-741	-	563	5,318	23,558
Stirling	-	1,126	2,681	2,688	136	287	-379	-	-	1,625	8,164
West Dunbartonshire	-	667	1,718	623	169	515	91	-	-	1,771	5,554
West Lothian	-	2,123	6,195	2,759	378	670	173	-	454	2,476	15,228
HITRANS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NESTRANS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10
SESTRAN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	712	712
SWESTRANS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SPT	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,053	3,053
TACTRAN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-45	-45
ZetTrans	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	- 143	275	132
Scotland	3,478	62,208	133,007	63,201	12,491	33,246	-44,084	17,344	6,467	91,822	379,180

Source: Scottish Government Local Financial Returns 2018-19, LFR 05

1. Support services costs, such as IT, HR, Legal etc., are included under the relevant subservice

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' total expenditure on Roads and Transport to be met from capital resources in 2018-19, £ thousands 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	Consented Borrowing	Total Expenditure to be met from Capital Resources
Roads	17,457	269,188	15,645	35	6,903	-	309228
Network and Traffic Management	2,543	34,571	1,516	-	125	-	38755
Bridges	175	25,769	340	-	-	-	26,284.0
Parking services	-	1,608	422	-	-	-	2030
Rail	-	6,409	106	-	2	-	6517
Other Public Transport	6	15,556	51,103	244	12,238	-	79147
Total Roads and Transport	20,181	353,101	69,132	279	19,268	-	461,961

Source: Scottish Government CR Final 2018-19

1. Capital Expenditure is recorded on a accruals basis (not cash) and includes Capital Funded from Current Revenue.

Table 10.5: Local government total expenditure on Roads and Transport to be met from capital resources in 2018-19 by subservice and local authority, £ thousands ¹

Authority	Roads	Network and Traffic Management	Bridges	Parking services	Rail	Public Transport	Total Roads and Transport
Aberdeen City	12,156	2,369	147	-	-	20	14,692
Aberdeenshire	24,807	734	2,884	-	-	10,738	39,163
Angus	7,020	397	-	288	-	40	7,745
Argyll & Bute	10,782	-	54	-	-	22	10,858
Clackmannanshire	2,857	-	26	-	-	-	2,883
Dumfries & Galloway	11,639	133	1,050	46	56	635	13,559
Dundee City	8,255	194	64	31	5,787	-	14,331
East Ayrshire	6,180	2,185	945	2	-	-	9,312
East Dunbartonshire	7,340	277	501	-	-	-	8,118
East Lothian	6,559	177	61	500	-	-	7,297
East Renfrewshire	2,150	697	81	-	286	-	3,214
Edinburgh, City of	16,005	10,322	5,205	48	-	1,293	32,873
Eilean Siar	1,796	320	673	-	-	624	3,413
Falkirk	6,991	394	842	34	-	-	8,261
Fife	11,623	2,421	169	147	-	-	14,360
Glasgow City	19,189	5,498	1,828	-	-	-	26,515
Highland	25,868	2,865	3,003	-	388	1,469	33,593
Inverclyde	4,361	368	105	9	-	-	4,843
Midlothian	5,400	-	-	-	-	28	5,428
Moray	5,678	345	352	156	-	302	6,833
North Ayrshire	4,595	-	974	-	-	-	5,569
North Lanarkshire	13,547	324	790	342	-	982	15,985
Orkney Islands	2,346	-	-	-	-	443	2,789
Perth & Kinross	22,087	2,108	2,822	23	-	-	27,040
Renfrewshire	7,180	1,254	293	-	-	-	8,727
Scottish Borders	8,971	1,198	794	-	-	-	10,963
Shetland Islands	2,802	74	20	-	-	1,916	4,812
South Ayrshire	5,492	1,555	32	-	-	40	7,119
South Lanarkshire	25,143	632	-	24	-	1,293	27,092
Stirling	8,414	596	605	125	-	50	9,790
West Dunbartonshire	6,659	23	-	255	-	11	6,948
West Lothian	5,336	1,295	1,575	-	-	-	8,206
Tay Bridge	-	-	389	-	-	-	389
HITRANS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NESTRANS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SESTRAN	-	-	-	-	-	49	49
SWESTRANS	-	-	-	-	-	233	233
SPT	-	-	-	-	-	58,852	58,852
TACTRAN	-	-	-	-	-	107	107
ZetTrans	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scotland	309,228	38,755	26,284	2,030	6,517	79,147	461,961

Source: Scottish Government CR Final 2018-19

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

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Unleaded Petrol 2
Price pence	107.1	99.3	116.9	133.3	135.4	134.1	127.5	111.1	108.8	117.6	125.2	124.9
of which:
Duty	50.5	54.4	57.2	58.2	58.0	58.0	58.0	58.0	58.0	58.0	58.0	58.0
VAT 3	15.8	13.0	17.4	22.2	22.6	22.4	21.3	18.5	18.1	19.6	20.9	20.7
All tax	66.3	67.3	74.6	80.4	80.5	80.3	79.2	76.5	76.1	77.5	78.8	78.6
All tax as a % of price	62	68	64	60	59	60	62	69	70	66	63	63
Diesel (derv)4,5
Price pence	117.5	103.9	119.3	138.7	141.8	140.4	133.5	114.9	110.1	120.1	130.0	131.5
of which:
Duty	50.5	54.4	57.2	58.2	58.0	58.0	58.0	58.0	58.0	58.0	58.0	58.0
VAT 3	17.3	13.6	17.8	23.1	23.6	23.4	22.2	19.1	18.4	20.0	21.7	21.8
All tax	67.9	68.0	75.0	81.3	81.6	81.4	80.2	77.1	76.3	78.0	79.6	79.8
All tax as a % of price	58	65	63	59	58	58	60	67	69	65	61	61

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), GB¹

	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
2018	121.2	121.4	119.1	120.6	124.7	127.9	127.6	128.6	130.8	130.9	128.6	121.0
2019	119.5	118.9	120.4	124.1	128.1	127.6	127.4	128.5	127.0	127.1	125.6	124.4
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
2018	124.6	124.7	122.8	124.2	128.3	131.9	131.8	132.5	134.5	136.6	137.1	131.0
2019	129.3	128.9	130.7	132.9	135.3	133.4	131.8	132.6	131.3	131.9	130.3	129.4

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

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
											Index: 2008=100
Retail Prices Index (all items)	100.0	99.5	104.1	109.5	113.0	116.4	119.2	120.3	122.5	126.9	131.1
Transport components of the RPI:
Motoring expenditure	100.0	99.3	112.3	122.2	123.2	123.1	122.0	116.8	118.5	126.1	131.6
Purchase of motor vehicles	100.0	99.3	105.2	103.3	101.2	100.0	100.0	97.8	95.3	95.7	98.7
Maintenance of motor vehicles	100.0	104.1	109.0	114.4	116.5	119.3	122.5	124.8	126.9	130.3	135.0
Petrol and oil	100.0	92.0	107.5	123.1	125.5	124.3	118.3	102.7	99.8	108.1	115.9
Vehicle tax and Insurance	100.0	109.7	139.8	168.6	172.2	173.9	178.2	186.5	216.1	254.8	263.3
Fares and other travel costs	100.0	104.7	110.1	118.2	123.8	127.5	131.8	139.2	142.6	147.6	152.5
Rail fares	100.0	105.3	113.8	121.9	127.7	133.1	137.5	140.4	140.8	144.7	149.2
Bus and Coach fares	100.0	106.0	110.8	118.1	124.6	127.8	130.0	134.3	139.5	159.3	166.9
Other travel costs	100.0	103.4	109.9	118.3	122.4	127.5	131.6	140.1	143.8	145.2	150.2
Constant prices - Adjusted for general inflation using all items RPI
Motoring expenditure	100.0	99.8	107.9	111.6	109.0	105.7	102.4	97.0	96.7	99.4	100.4
Purchase of motor vehicles	100.0	99.8	101.1	94.4	89.6	85.9	83.9	81.3	77.8	75.5	75.2
Maintenance of motor vehicles	100.0	104.6	104.7	104.4	103.1	102.5	102.8	103.7	103.6	102.7	102.9
Petrol and oil	100.0	92.5	103.3	112.4	111.1	106.7	99.3	85.3	81.5	85.2	88.4
Vehicle tax and Insurance	100.0	110.3	134.3	154.0	152.4	149.3	149.6	154.9	176.4	200.8	200.9
Fares and other travel costs	100.0	105.2	105.8	107.9	109.6	109.5	110.6	115.7	116.4	116.4	116.3
Rail fares	100.0	105.9	109.3	111.3	113.0	114.3	115.4	116.7	114.9	114.1	113.8
Bus and Coach fares	100.0	106.6	106.4	107.9	110.2	109.7	109.1	111.6	113.9	125.6	127.3
Other travel costs	100.0	104.0	105.5	108.0	108.4	109.5	110.4	116.4	117.4	114.5	114.5

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	2016-18 3
Purchase of vehicles	24.30	24.10	23.10	19.90	18.20	21.00	26.20	28.60	26.20	23.50
Purchase of new cars and vans	8.80	8.70	7.40	5.70	6.10	8.70	12.50	13.90	12.40	8.90
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	13.60
Purchase of motorcycles and other vehicles	0.60	0.70	0.70	0.50	[0.30]	[0.50]	[1.00]	[1.40]	[1.30]	[1.10]
Operation of personal transport	27.20	27.30	27.80	27.80	30.00	32.30	33.30	30.30	27.90	27.00
Spares and accessories	1.80	1.80	2.00	1.60	1.70	1.90	2.20	2.10	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	18.40
Repairs and servicing	5.20	5.30	5.10	5.20	5.20	5.50	5.30	5.10	4.60	4.60
Other motoring costs	1.90	1.80	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.70	1.90	1.60	1.70	1.80
Transport services	8.40	9.70	12.10	13.50	13.60	12.40	13.80	15.10	17.60	17.70
Rail and tube fares	1.80	2.00	2.20	2.00	2.10	2.20	2.40	2.60	2.70	2.80
Bus and coach fares	1.70	1.60	1.70	1.90	2.00	2.10	1.80	1.70	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	13.10
Total Transport Expenditure	59.90	61.10	63.00	61.20	61.80	65.80	73.30	74.00	71.70	68.20
Total Household Expenditure	432.80	438.70	447.20	440.60	437.30	449.00	474.40	481.70	492.30	492.20
Transport as % of total exp	13.8	13.9	14.1	13.9	14.1	14.7	15.5	15.4	14.6	13.9

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.