§ 60. Mr. J. H. Osbornasked the Minister of Transport if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of road 76W vehicles by weight classification, and the number of people employed by British Road Services at 1st May, and at the end of the last three financial years.
§ Mr. SwinglerIt would not be in the best interests of the Holding Company to divulge the weight classifications of their subsidiaries' vehicles, nor the number of people employed by individual subsidiaries. The total number of staff employed in all the road haulage subsidiaries in the calendar years 1965 and 1966 are given in the Annual Report of the Holding Company as 38,258 and 38,206 respectively. The total for 1967, which has not yet been published, was 38,097.
§ 61. Mr. J. H. Osbornasked the Minister of Transport what has been the cost of new vehicles, and whole transport fleets, respectively, purchased by British Road Services in the current year to date, as compared with the last three financial years; and how many vehicles have been involved.
§ Mr. SwinglerIt would not be in the best commercial interests of the Holding Company to give information about expenditure on new vehicles or the acquisition of transport fleets.
The total number of traffic vehicles owned by all the road haulage subsidiaries of the Transport Holding Company, including British Road Services, in the calendar years 1965 and 1966 are given in the Annual Report of the Holding Company as 18,346 and 19,247 respectively. The total for 1967, which has not yet been published, was 18,214.