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<p>Historic per-head transport investment for each NUTS 1 region of England is already
published in Her Majesty Treasury’s Country and Regional Analysis data.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis
using the most recent Country and Regional Analysis (November 2016) shows that in
2015-16 transport investment per head by the Department for Transport in London was
less than double that in Yorkshire and the Humber, at £285 in London and £168 in Yorkshire
and the Humber.</p><p> </p><p>A number of factors make precise analysis and comparisons
difficult. It is not always possible to allocate spending accurately on a project
that crosses many regions, such as HS2. Projects of national significance such as
Crossrail, which is the largest infrastructure project in Europe, can alone distort
these figures significantly. An analysis of regional spend per head of resident population
would not necessarily take into account the pressure that large numbers of commuters
and visitors from outside of a region can add to a region’s transport networks.</p><p>
</p><p>In addition, larger and more densely built-up areas tend to make greater use
of mass public transport systems. For example, in 2015/16 there were 537 million rail
journeys within the London area compared to 142 million in the North. Investment by
the Department is made based on a fair and rigorous process designed to ensure that
spending goes where it is most needed.</p><p> </p>
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