§ Lord Berkeleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the number of London bus route contracts, by year of award and length of contract.
§ Baroness HaymanI am advised by London Transport Buses that the information, based on the date tenders that were submitted for current live contracts, is as follows:
Year of tender Number of contracts 1987 1 1988 2 1989 19 1990 33 1991 34 1992 12 1993 181 1994 27 1995 63 1996 105 Contracts are normally awarded for five years. Some older contracts were extended when a full tendering programme was compiled prior to the privatisation of London Transport's bus operating subsidiaries.
§ Lord Berkeleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many London bus route contracts are let on single routes.
§ Baroness HaymanI am advised by London Transport Buses that, at present, 410 contracts are let as single routes.
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§ Lord Berkeleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Which are the London bus route contracts, by route and operator, let in groups of routes.
§ Baroness HaymanI am advised by London Transport that 67 contracts are multi-route. These are mainly area networks which, although put out to tender as individual routes, were awarded to a single operator under a joint contract option in order to secure best value for money. Details of routes and operators involved are commercial matters for London Transport.