Department for Transport written question – answered at on 20 May 2025.
Al Pinkerton
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Northern Ireland)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on modes of transport used by commuters in Surrey Heath Constituency.
Simon Lightwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department holds information on the usual method of travel to work from the Travel to work, England and Wales: Census 2021 publication by the Office for National Statistics. According to this data, 46% of people in employment in the Surrey Heath Constituency in 2021 usually travelled to work by driving a car or van. This was followed by 40% working mainly at or from home, and 5% on foot.
Census 2021 took place during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a period of unparalleled and rapid change; the national lockdown, associated guidance and furlough measures will have affected the travel to work topic.
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