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People in the South
East and South West travelled the furthest distance (about
8,000 miles per person per year).
A greater proportion
of children in the North East walk to school than elsewhere
(59 per cent compared with 46 per cent in Great Britain).
Travel to school by bus is highest in Scotland and Wales. In
the North West, East, South East and South West, travel to
school by car is higher than elsewhere and these regions also
have a higher average distance to school.
The bus availability
indicator, which shows the proportion of households within 13
minutes walk of an hourly or better bus service, is lowest in
the South West and East regions. However, both regions have
seen large improvements over the last ten years.
 There
were 2.6 million new car registrations in Great Britain in
2003, of which the highest proportion per 1000 population was
in the West Midlands (64 per cent) and the lowest in London
(31 per cent). 88 per cent of Great Britain's new car
registrations in 2003 were in England, 8 per cent in Scotland
and 4 per cent in Wales. The West Midlands has the highest
proportion of new cars as a percentage of all cars licensed in
2003, the lowest comparative figure was in the South West.
In 1992 London
accounted for 27 per cent of total screened breath tests in
England, South East for 16 per cent and 12 per cent for East.
By 2002, London's share had fallen to 11 per cent, the South
East's had risen to 23 per cent and East's share had fallen to
10 per cent. The South West had the highest percentage
increase in screened breath tests between 1992 and 2002 (85
per cent increase), whilst London showed the highest decrease
in tests (56 per cent decrease).
Between 1992 and 2002,
the number of households in Great Britain grew by
approximately 8 per cent with growth in every region. Over
this time period, London saw the greatest increase in
household numbers (12 per cent), with the East, South West and
South East seeing increases of between 10 and 11 per cent.
Between 1991 and 2002 regions in the North (Yorkshire and
Humber, the North East and North West) saw the smallest
increases in household numbers of between 2 and 4 per cent.
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