Questions to the Mayor of London – answered at on 22 December 2021.
Hina Bokhari
Liberal Democrat
Please provide a breakdown of the van mileage figures by small businesses and delivery companies in London for the last three years.
Sadiq Khan
Mayor of London
Transport for London (TfL) holds data on trends in van usage in general but does not have data broken down specifically for small businesses and delivery companies. Data from TfL’s annual/biennial cordon count surveys for traffic crossing into/out of central, inner and Greater London (London boundary cordon) is most representative. TfL does not hold mileage data specifically, but these figures are representative of van movements within the respective areas.
For all vans, and considering the latest available pre-pandemic year, the table below shows that:
Table: Number of vans crossing TfL’s strategic cordons (both directions) 06.00-20.00 weekdays. Thousands.
Cordon
Year
LGVs
Central
2010
179
2015
181
2019
178
2020
153
Inner
2010
286
2014
306
2018
306
Boundary
2011
347
2015
362
2019
387
