Chapter 10 - Transport Finance

Chapter 10 - Transport 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 £3,293 million on transport in 2021/22. Local Authorities spent £941 million in 2021/22.
  • Personal spend on transport and travel accounted for 15% of household spending between 2019 and 2021.
  • In 2022 petrol prices started at 144.9 pence per litre in January before rising to 155.5 pence in December. Diesel prices also rose in 2022 from 148.7 in January to 179.4 pence by December.

2. Main Points

Motorways & Trunk Roads

2.1 The total of capital and current expenditure on motorways and trunk roads in 2021-22 was estimated at £673 million, £90 million (15%) more than the 2020/21 figure, with less expenditure on the Forth Replacement Crossing. Total expenditure on transport within Scottish Ministers' responsibility in 2021-22 was budgeted at £3,293 million, £91 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 £266m in 2020-21. The expenditure is split £31.1 on capitalised maintenance and £234.8m 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 2021-22, net revenue expenditure on transport controlled by local authorities was £403 million. In cash terms, this was 12 per cent less than in 2020-21. Road maintenance (£209 million in 2021-22) accounted for 52% of the expenditure. The other main categories of expenditure in 2021-22 were:

  • Contributions to passenger transport (excluding concessionary fares) - £113 million;
  • Road lighting - £57 million;
  • Network and traffic management (excluding school crossing patrols) - £32 million;

In 2021-22, the net costs for parking was £28 million, £30 million more than 2020-21. (Table 10.1)

2.4 The Local Authorities with the highest net revenue expenditure on roads and transport (excluding loan charges) in 2021-22 were: Highland, (£36.9 million), Fife (£32.4 million), Glasgow (£28.2 million), and South Lanarkshire (£26.6 million). (Table 10.3) The table also shows local authorities' figures for other types of expenditure in 2021/22:

  • Road maintenance/Winter maintenance Fife had the highest expenditure on road maintenance (£13.1 million), followed by Edinburgh (£12.2 million). Highland spent the most on winter maintenance (£8.0 million).
  • Contributions to Public Transport in terms of the total net revenue expenditure on 'local authority' and 'non LA' public transport, Highland (£10.8 million) made the largest contributions to passenger transport. Fife spent £9.8 million.
  • Road Lighting Glasgow spent most on road lighting (£10.4 million), followed by North Lanarkshire (£4.3 million).
  • Parking Edinburgh had the largest and only net income from parking (£21.8 million).
Gross Capital Expenditure

2.5 Gross capital account expenditure by councils and boards on local authority roads and transport totalled £539 million in 2021-22, 26% more than the previous year. Of this total £322 million was spent on roads and £115 million on other public transport. (Table 10.5)

2.6 The local authorities with the highest gross capital account expenditure on roads and transport in 2021-22 were: Edinburgh(112.7 million), Aberdeenshire (£37.8 million) and Highland (£37.2 million). Highland spent the most on roads (£29.1 million) followed by Perth and Kinross (£27.2 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 2021 and 2022 the average price of unleaded petrol increased by 33.5 pence, and diesel increased by 42.7 pence per litre in Great Britain. In 2022, petrol prices increased by 10.6 pence between January and December and diesel prices increased by 30.7 pence over the same period. Tax (duty plus VAT) represented 50% of the price for unleaded petrol and 47% of the price for diesel in Great Britain in 2022, lower than they were in 2010. (Table 10.6)

2.9 The UK Retail Prices Index (RPI) rose by 40% between 2012 and 2022. 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%, and there was a 106% rise in the cost of vehicle tax and insurance. The cost of purchasing a motor vehicle also rose by 20% and the cost of petrol and oil rose by 23% in cash terms over the last ten years. As a result, motoring expenditure index fell by 5%, lower than the 40% increase in the RPI and therefore a real term fall between 2012 and 2022. Over the same period, fares and other travel costs rose by 61% in cash terms - rail fares by 35% and bus and coach fares by 65%, a decrease of 6% for rail fares and an increase 25% for bus and coach travel compared to general inflation . (Table 10.7)

2.10 Average weekly household expenditure in Scotland on transport and vehicles in 2019-21 was £71.10, representing 14.6% of total household expenditure. On average, £27.40 was spent on the purchase of vehicles, £26.10 on the operation of personal transport (including £17.40 on petrol, diesel and other motor oils) and £17.60 on transport services (such as bus and train fares). (Table 10.8)

Notes

This worksheet contains one table.

note 1

Includes all costs related to the construction of Major Road Projects.

note 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.

note 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.

note 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).

note 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).

note 6

Includes support for LA and non-LA transport undertakings.

note 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).

note 8

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

note 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.)

note 10

From 2001-02 onwards these figures are on an accruals basis and for the years prior to 2001-02 are on a cash basis but do not include depreciation

note 11

From 2001-02 onwards administration costs are included within various services.

note 12

For the purpose of maintenance from 2001-02, the trunk road network was sub-divided into 4 operating units (see Notes)

note 13

These figures do not include costs for expenditure outside Operating Company control i.e. (Traffic Scotland Operations, PAG contract etc).

note 14

The Forth Bridge Operating Contract commenced on 1 June 2015

note 15

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

note 16

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.

note 17

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

note 18

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.

note 19

From June 2001 Premium unleaded prices represent Ultra Low Sulphur Petrol (ULSP) which now accounts for virtually all Premium unleaded sold.

note 20

VAT is rebated to business. From 1 April 1991 it was 17.5%, 15% in 2009, 17.5% in 2010 and 20% from 2011.

note 21

Diesel-engined road vehicle fuel (derv).

note 22

From June 2000, the figures are for ultra low sulphur diesel (ULSD) which now accounts for virtually all diesel sold.

note 23

Note: Data for earlier years can be found on the DECC website http://www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/statistics/source/prices/qep411.xls

note 24

From June 2001 Premium unleaded prices represent Ultra Low Sulphur Petrol (ULSP) which now accounts for virtually all Premium unleaded sold.

note 25

Based on weighted data and including children's expenditure.

note 26

The figures in this column refer to the average expenditure over the three financial year periods to reduce the effect of the sampling errors

note 27

ONS have changed the reporting period from calendar years to financial years . Users should exercise caution when making comparisons with previous years.

Table 10.1 Expenditure on transport within the Scottish Ministers' responsibility, and local government expenditure on Roads and Transport. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: Expenditure on a and b above provided by Transport Scotland - Not National Statistics; Local Government figures are from Scottish Government LFR CR / CR Final and LFR 05 respectively
Type of expenditure 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
Expenditure on transport within the Scottish Ministers' responsibility                 £ million at outturn prices
Motorways and trunk roads [note 13]                    
Capital [note 1]                      
New construction and improvements [note 1] 45 47 101 76 184 320 184 158 145 107 113
Forth Replacement Crossing 152 242 193 232 217 114 74 17 12 4 1
Capital maintenance [note 2] 18 12 10 8 14 - 7 5 8 13 62
Total 215 301 304 316 415 434 265 180 165 124 176
Current                      
Routine and winter maintenance etc 69 75 73 78 79 73 93 96 87 96 104
Network Strengthening and Improvements [note 3] 85 77 85 71 72 115 119 129 201 172 202
Other - 32 21 18 18 18 33 53 60 61 62
Design, build, finance, operate payments 54 57 59 68 80 73 110 122 121 130 129
Total 208 241 238 235 249 279 355 400 469 459 497
Total capital and current (a) 423 542 542 551 664 713 620 580 634 583 673
Central Government support to transport industries                    
Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd 27 23 21 34 38 25 29 28 39 62 84
Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd 68 74 86 107 123 134 131 142 134 144 147
Scottish Canals [note 7] 11 11 14 11 10 10 12 19 15 33 145
Rail Services in Scotland [note 7] 777 783 803 676 745 731 756 756 832 1406 1364
Northern Isles Ferries [note 8] 43 41 38 36 32 35 46 43 42 49 39
Bus Service Operators Grant [note 8] 61 62 50 51 53 53 51 52 52 51 51
Freight Facilities Grant [note 8] 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Integrated Transport Fund [note 8]                      
Major public transport projects 70 36 35 3 3 6 5 0 0 176 159
National Concessionary Travel schemes (including Smartcards) [note 9] 188 193 197 197 196 196 201 207 220 227 239
Other [note 4] 52 68 93 115 150 170 273 268 360 470 393
Total (b) 1,229 1,292 1,336 1,231 1,351 1,361 1,505 1,516 1,694 2,619 2,620
Total Ministers' resp. (sum of a and b) 1,652 1,834 1,878 1,782 2,015 2,074 2,125 2,096 2,328 3,202 3,293
Local government gross capital expenditure on Roads and Transport                    
New construction and improvement 411 439 401 366 361 377 306 353 390 345 460
Other investment 46 39 25 40 43 84 85 90 57 34 54
Total Gross Capital Expenditure 457 478 426 406 404 461 391 443 447 379 514
Local government net revenue expenditure on Roads and Transport, excluding loan charges [note 5] [note 6]                    
Construction 4 5 14 5 6 3 3 3 0 1 1
Road maintenance (incl winter maintenance) 252 268 228 216 216 203 221 198 199 220 209
Road lighting 66 72 68 69 68 66 63 63 57 58 57
Parking -26 -30 -29 -32 -35 -39 -41 -44 -45 3 -28
Network and traffic management (other than school crossing patrols) 40 44 45 43 44 36 31 33 28 33 32
Concessionary fares 6 7 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 6
Contributions to passenger transport 115 89 90 99 99 108 132 109 123 124 113
School crossing patrols 14 14 14 14 13 14 13 12 13 13 12
Total Net Revenue Expenditure 472 468 439 423 418 398 430 382 381 456 403
Table 10.2 Net expenditure on management and maintenance of motorways and trunk roads by Operating Companies [note 12], 2020-21. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: Transport Scotland
Operating company Capital Maintenance Current Routine, Cyclical and Winter Maintenance and Network Management [note 13] Total
      £ thousand at outturn prices
North East Operating Company 2,906 50,275 53,181
North West Operating Company 8,663 74,598 83,261
South East Operating Company 13,075 35,964 49,039
South West Operating Company 6,437 63,181 69,618
Forth Bridges Operating Company [note 14] 2 10,772 10,774
Total 31,083 234,790 265,873

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 2021-22 by subservice and local authority, £ thousands [note 15]. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: Scottish Government Local Financial Returns 2021-22, LFR 05
Local Authority Construction Winter mainte-nance Structural, environmental and safety maintenance and routine repairs Lighting School crossing patrols Other Parking Services Local Authority public transport Non - Local Authority concessionary fares [note 16] Other non Local Authority public transport Total
Aberdeen City - 1,174 3,446 1,889 100 1,035 - - - 151 7,795
Aberdeenshire - 5,531 2,243 1,630 373 1,177 19 - 113 7,317 18,403
Angus - 2,755 7,011 718 - - 139 - - 2,361 12,984
Argyll & Bute 52 2,352 5,577 413 147 680 217 990 211 2,433 13,072
Clackmannanshire 579 323 621 441 34 51 19 - 85 380 2,533
Dumfries & Galloway - 1,520 3,758 647 270 2,237 214 - 89 4,145 12,880
Dundee City - 1,418 1,752 690 - - 172 -10 - 59 1,666 5,403
East Ayrshire - 898 3,203 2,128 205 1,439 -638 - 237 2,034 9,506
East Dunbartonshire - 974 3,164 1,222 396 993 120 - 229 1,736 8,834
East Lothian - 1,571 1,519 1,125 279 332 -154 - 3 1,141 5,816
East Renfrewshire - 730 6,015 836 228 211 208 - 182 1,575 9,985
Edinburgh, City of - 1,262 12,209 3,582 1,281 573 -21,798 - 610 5,814 3,533
Eilean Siar - 1,446 1,454 372 12 30 64 578 - 2,817 6,773
Falkirk -11 493 1,349 940 415 1,425 -142 - 66 2,271 6,806
Fife 42 3,861 13,082 3,743 312 1,474 -201 - 345 9,769 32,427
Glasgow City - 1,526 9,783 10,401 3,164 989 -6,168 - 845 7,630 28,170
Highland - 8,017 10,870 3,824 367 3,433 -497 372 82 10,389 36,857
Inverclyde - 359 1,323 994 138 220 204 - 158 1,285 4,681
Midlothian - 1,056 1,533 1,158 340 1,019 156 - -20 737 5,979
Moray - 1,814 2,262 515 - 993 -167 204 - 461 6,082
North Ayrshire - 775 5,927 1,550 267 254 241 - 288 2,226 11,528
North Lanarkshire - 3,443 7,096 4,304 1,097 1,603 - - 597 5,683 23,823
Orkney Islands - 1,238 2,480 164 30 399 114 4,789 80 3,213 12,507
Perth & Kinross - 4,091 3,138 1,335 180 1,124 -541 - 65 3,081 12,473
Renfrewshire 33 1,644 2,872 1,886 1,015 1,454 250 333 - 3,367 12,854
Scottish Borders 39 3,993 5,878 1,140 129 618 246 - 7 2,281 14,331
Shetland Islands - 1,341 3,339 386 14 583 16 5,635 1 3,814 15,129
South Ayrshire - 599 4,714 1,172 128 595 -151 - 265 1,799 9,121
South Lanarkshire 211 5,570 3,486 4,037 839 6,214 367 - 604 5,213 26,541
Stirling - 819 4,620 861 70 451 82 - - 1,556 8,459
West Dunbartonshire - 636 930 857 159 609 98 - 351 1,425 5,065
West Lothian - 1,793 6,843 2,145 453 347 156 - 172 2,548 14,457
HITRANS - - - - - - - - - -42 -42
NESTRANS - - - - - - - - - -1,808 -1,808
SESTRAN - - - - - - - - - 702 702
SWESTRANS - - - - - - - - - - -
SPT - - - - - - - - - -1,164 -1,164
TACTRAN - - - - - - - - - -50 -50
ZetTrans - - - - - - - - -163 295 132
Scotland 945 65,022 143,497 57,105 12,442 32,390 -27,537 12,901 5,561 100,251 402,577
Table 10.4: Service breakdown of local authorities' total expenditure on Roads and Transport to be met from capital resources in 2021-22, £ thousands [note 17]. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: Scottish Government Local Financial Returns 2021-22, LFR CR
Category of expenditure Tangible Fixed Assets Acquisition of land, leases, existing buildings or works Tangible Fixed Assets New construction, conversions and enhancement to existing buildings Tangible Fixed Assets Vehicles, Plant, machinery and Equipment Intangible
Assets
Third Party Capital Projects Funded from Borrowing Third Party Capital Projects Funded from Capital Grant Total Expenditure to be met from Capital Resources
               
Roads 14,188 284,682 13,275 1,177 498 7,845 321,665
Network and Traffic Management 557 44,833 2,320 716 12 - 48,438
Bridges 301 41,630 140 - - 924 42,995
Parking services 167 4,198 180 - - - 4,545
Rail - 1,736 - - 3,928 - 5,664
Other Public Transport 20 83,416 20,421 100 - 11,428 115,385
Total Roads and Transport 15,233 460,495 36,336 1,993 4,438 20,197 538,692
Table 10.5: Local government total expenditure on Roads and Transport to be met from capital resources in 2021-22 by subservice and local authority, £ thousands [note 17]. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: Scottish Government Local Financial Returns 2021-22, LFR CR
Authority Roads Network and Traffic Management Bridges Parking services Rail Other
Public Transport
Total Roads and Transport
Aberdeen City 25,175 90 - - - - 25,265
Aberdeenshire 24,312 895 1,347 - 3,928 7,349 37,831
Angus 6,224 526 - - - 33 6,783
Argyll & Bute 14,040 - 363 160 - 521 15,084
Clackmannanshire 1,863 - 14 - - 116 1,993
Dumfries & Galloway 7,516 78 830 124 - 578 9,126
Dundee City 5,895 167 1,108 11 41 - 7,222
East Ayrshire 7,868 1,916 175 1,766 - - 11,725
East Dunbartonshire 3,308 590 299 - - 20 4,217
East Lothian 9,077 38 22 64 2 - 9,203
East Renfrewshire 5,523 441 75 - 200 - 6,239
Edinburgh, City of 8,840 16,656 13,335 116 - 73,794 112,741
Eilean Siar 620 202 2,311 - - - 3,133
Falkirk 8,047 3,018 562 - - - 11,627
Fife 11,248 2,331 316 276 - - 14,171
Glasgow City 19,860 6,321 61 230 - - 26,472
Highland 29,149 3,212 3,390 248 - 1,234 37,233
Inverclyde 3,918 441 139 142 - - 4,640
Midlothian 3,681 675 - 55 - 715 5,126
Moray 4,145 1,177 2,647 349 - - 8,318
North Ayrshire 6,413 - 793 - - - 7,206
North Lanarkshire 23,251 1,478 1,462 277 - 548 27,016
Orkney Islands 1,642 - 3 84 - 290 2,019
Perth & Kinross 27,188 2,085 559 - - - 29,832
Renfrewshire 10,579 779 5,554 - - - 16,912
Scottish Borders 9,869 443 881 - - - 11,193
Shetland Islands 2,975 - 8 169 - 700 3,852
South Ayrshire 4,717 2,339 63 142 - 229 7,490
South Lanarkshire 17,098 1,121 2,369 270 1,493 3,276 25,627
Stirling 6,667 551 896 - - 85 8,199
West Dunbartonshire 6,197 - 1,132 - - - 7,329
West Lothian 4,760 868 1,731 62 - - 7,421
Tay Bridge - - 550 - - - 550
HITRANS - - - - - - -
NESTRANS - - - - - - -
SESTRAN - - - - - 10 10
SWESTRANS - - - - - 50 50
SPT - - - - - 25,793 25,793
TACTRAN - - - - - - -
ZetTrans - - - - - 44 44
Scotland 321,665 48,438 42,995 4,545 5,664 115,385 538,692
Table 10.6a Petrol and diesel prices and duties per litre (year average), GB [note 18]. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: DECC - Not National Statistics
Type of fuel 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Unleaded Petrol [note 19]                      
Price pence 133.3 135.4 134.1 127.5 111.1 108.8 117.6 125.2 124.9 113.9 131.3 164.7
of which:                      
Duty 58.2 58.0 58.0 58.0 58.0 58.0 58.0 58.0 58.0 58.0 58.0 54.2
VAT [note 20] 22.2 22.6 22.4 21.3 18.5 18.1 19.6 20.9 20.8 19.0 21.9 27.5
All tax 80.4 80.5 80.3 79.2 76.5 76.1 77.5 78.8 78.8 76.9 79.8 81.7
All tax as a % of price 60 59 60 62 69 70 66 63 63 68 61 50
                       
Diesel (derv) [note 21] [note 22]                      
Price pence 138.7 141.8 140.4 133.5 114.9 110.1 120.1 130.0 131.5 119.1 134.9 177.7
of which:                      
Duty 58.2 58.0 58.0 58.0 58.0 58.0 58.0 58.0 57.9 57.9 57.9 54.2
VAT [note 20] 23.1 23.6 23.4 22.2 19.1 18.4 20.0 21.7 21.9 19.9 22.5 29.6
All tax 81.3 81.6 81.4 80.2 77.1 76.3 78.0 79.6 79.9 77.8 80.4 83.8
All tax as a % of price 59 58 58 60 67 69 65 61 61 65 60 47
Table 10.6b Petrol and diesel prices per litre (year and month), GB [note 23] [note24]. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: DECC - Not National Statistics
Type of fuel January February March April May June July August September October November December
Unleaded [note 19]                      
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
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
2020 127.1 123.6 120.2 109.0 104.8 105.8 111.2 112.8 113.2 113.2 112.5 114.0
2021 117.3 120.7 124.0 125.5 127.3 129.3 132.7 134.5 134.6 137.7 145.9 145.7
2022 144.9 147.0 161.9 161.7 165.2 183.1 188.8 173.9 167.4 163.1 164.4 155.5
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
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
2020 132.6 127.8 124.1 115.8 111.6 111.9 116.6 117.7 118.0 117.9 117.0 118.7
2021 121.7 124.9 128.1 129.2 130.9 132.9 135.4 136.9 136.8 143.3 149.8 149.2
2022 148.7 151.1 171.4 175.7 179.6 190.2 197.4 185.0 182.2 182.6 188.7 179.4
Petrol and Diesel prices, year average GB
Petrol and Diesel prices, by month, 2017 to December 2022 GB
Table 10.7 Transport components of the Retail Prices Index, UK. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: Office for National Statistics
Transport expenditure 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
                    index: 13 January 1987 = 100    
Retail Prices Index (all items) Transport components of the RPI 235.2 242.7 250.1 256 258.5 263.1 272.5 281.6 288.8 293.1 305 340.3
Motoring expenditure 238.4 240.3 240.1 238.1 227.8 231.1 246.1 256.8 260.6 260.7 278.5 320.8
Purchase of motor vehicles 99.5 97.5 96.3 96.3 94.2 91.8 92.2 95 95.4 98.5 106.7 116.9
Maintenance of motor vehicles 374.2 381.1 390.4 400.8 408.2 415.1 426.4 441.6 454 466.4 481.3 515.6
Petrol and oil 391.4 399 395.1 376.1 326.4 317.4 343.7 368.3 369.9 337.1 384.1 491.4
Vehicle tax and Insurance 514.7 525.6 530.6 544 569.1 659.6 777.5 803.7 840.1 909.7 897.3 1081.4
Fares and other travel costs 308.5 323.2 332.8 344.1 363.5 372.3 385.5 398.1 416.7 422.4 454.6 520.4
Rail fares 333.8 349.8 364.5 376.7 384.6 385.6 396.4 408.6 425.1 434.6 446.4 471.0
Bus and Coach fares 344.4 363.1 372.4 378.9 391.4 406.6 464.5 486.5 498.5 534.1 580.1 599.9
Other travel costs 274.7 284.4 296.2 305.6 325.4 334.1 337.4 348.8 367.2 369.3 400.7 465.0
                      Index: 2012=100  
Retail Prices Index (all items) 96.9 100.0 103.0 105.5 106.5 108.4 112.3 116.0 119.0 120.8 125.7 140.2
Transport components of the RPI:                      
Motoring expenditure 99.2 100.0 99.9 99.1 94.8 96.2 102.4 106.9 108.4 108.5 115.9 133.5
Purchase of motor vehicles 102.1 100.0 98.8 98.8 96.6 94.2 94.6 97.4 97.8 101.0 109.4 119.9
Maintenance of motor vehicles 98.2 100.0 102.4 105.2 107.1 108.9 111.9 115.9 119.1 122.4 126.3 135.3
Petrol and oil 98.1 100.0 99.0 94.3 81.8 79.5 86.1 92.3 92.7 84.5 96.3 123.2
Vehicle tax and Insurance 97.9 100.0 101.0 103.5 108.3 125.5 147.9 152.9 159.8 173.1 170.7 205.7
Fares and other travel costs 95.5 100.0 103.0 106.5 112.5 115.2 119.3 123.2 128.9 130.7 140.7 161.0
Rail fares 95.4 100.0 104.2 107.7 109.9 110.2 113.3 116.8 121.5 124.2 127.6 134.6
Bus and Coach fares 94.8 100.0 102.6 104.4 107.8 112.0 127.9 134.0 137.3 147.1 159.8 165.2
Other travel costs 96.6 100.0 104.1 107.5 114.4 117.5 118.6 122.6 129.1 129.9 140.9 163.5
Constant prices - Adjusted for general inflation using all items RPI                        
Motoring expenditure 102.4 100.0 97.0 93.9 89.0 88.7 91.2 92.1 91.1 89.8 92.2 95.2
Purchase of motor vehicles 105.3 100.0 95.8 93.6 90.7 86.9 84.2 84.0 82.2 83.7 87.1 85.5
Maintenance of motor vehicles 101.3 100.0 99.4 99.7 100.6 100.5 99.7 99.9 100.1 101.3 100.5 96.5
Petrol and oil 101.2 100.0 96.1 89.4 76.8 73.4 76.7 79.6 77.9 70.0 76.6 87.8
Vehicle tax and Insurance 101.0 100.0 98.0 98.1 101.7 115.8 131.7 131.8 134.3 143.3 135.8 146.7
Fares and other travel costs 98.5 100.0 99.9 100.9 105.6 106.3 106.2 106.2 108.3 108.2 111.9 114.8
Rail fares 98.5 100.0 101.1 102.1 103.2 101.7 100.9 100.7 102.1 102.9 101.5 96.0
Bus and Coach fares 97.9 100.0 99.5 98.9 101.2 103.3 113.9 115.5 115.4 121.8 127.1 117.8
Other travel costs 99.7 100.0 101.1 101.9 107.4 108.4 105.7 105.7 108.5 107.5 112.1 116.6
Table 10.8 Average weekly household expenditure in Scotland on transport and vehicles (£) [note 25]. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: Office for National Statistics
Transport expenditure 2001-02 to 2003-04 average [note 26] 2002-03 to 2004-05 average [note 26] 2003-04 to 2005-06 average [note 26] 2006-08 2007-09 2008-10 2009-11 2010-12 2011-13 2012-14 2014-16 [note 27] 2015-17 [note 27] 2016-18 [note 27] 2017-19 [note 27] 2018-20 [note 27] 2019-21 [note 27]
Purchase of vehicles 22.3 23.00 23.70 24.30 24.10 23.10 19.90 18.20 21.00 26.20 28.60 26.20 23.50 24.00 27.00 27.40
Purchase of new cars and vans 9.70 10.70 11.40 8.80 8.70 7.40 5.70 6.10 8.70 12.50 13.90 12.40 8.90 9.10 10.60 10.10
Purchase of second hand cars or vans 12.20 11.90 11.90 14.90 14.70 15.00 13.70 11.80 11.80 12.70 13.40 12.40 13.60 14.10 15.60 16.60
Purchase of motorcycles and other vehicles 0.40 [0.50] 0.50 0.60 0.70 0.70 0.50 [0.30] [0.50] [1.00] [1.40] [1.30] [1.10] 0.80 0.80 0.80
Operation of personal transport 20.80 21.30 23.00 27.20 27.30 27.80 27.80 30.00 32.30 33.30 30.30 27.90 27.00 28.80 28.50 26.10
Spares and accessories 1.90 2.00 1.80 1.80 1.80 2.00 1.60 1.70 1.90 2.20 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.50 2.20 1.90
Petrol, diesel and other motor oils 13.50 13.80 15.00 18.40 18.40 19.20 19.50 21.60 23.20 23.90 21.40 19.50 18.40 19.50 19.70 17.40
Repairs and servicing 4.00 4.20 4.70 5.20 5.30 5.10 5.20 5.20 5.50 5.30 5.10 4.60 4.60 4.60 4.60 5.00
Other motoring costs 1.40 1.40 1.50 1.90 1.80 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.70 1.90 1.60 1.70 1.80 2.20 2.00 1.80
Transport services 7.90 6.90 7.70 8.40 9.70 12.10 13.50 13.60 12.40 13.80 15.10 17.60 17.70 19.90 19.70 17.60
Rail and tube fares 1.20 1.10 1.30 1.80 2.00 2.20 2.00 2.10 2.20 2.40 2.60 2.70 2.80 2.90 2.8 2.10
Bus and coach fares 2.00 1.70 1.60 1.70 1.60 1.70 1.90 2.00 2.10 1.80 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.60 1.6 1.40
Combined fares 0.10 [0.10] [0.10] [0.20] 0.30 [0.30] [0.20] [0.10] [0.00] [0.10] [0.10] .. .. .. .. ..
Other travel and transport 4.60 4.00 4.80 4.60 5.80 7.90 9.40 9.30 8.10 9.60 10.70 13.00 13.10 15.30 15.20 13.90
Total Transport Expenditure 50.90 51.20 54.40 59.90 61.10 63.00 61.20 61.80 65.80 73.30 74.00 71.70 68.20 72.80 75.30 71.10
Total Household Expenditure 370.30 380.20 393.80 432.80 438.70 447.20 440.60 437.30 449.00 474.40 481.70 492.30 492.20 508.20 512.40 485.40
Transport as % of total exp 13.7 13.5 13.8 13.8 13.9 14.1 13.9 14.1 14.7 15.5 15.4 14.6 13.9 14.3 14.7 14.6

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