§ Mr. Buchananasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many motor cars were carried by the Motor-rail service from: (a) London—Perth, Perth—London (b) London—Stirling, Stirling—London and (c) London—Inverness, Inverness—London in the years 1974 to 1975.
§ Mr. HoramThe numbers of cars carried by the Motor-rail service in the relevant years on these routes is as follows:
(2) what is his estimate of the cost of implementing the management structures as recommended by the Bains Report and which have been adopted by most local authorities in England and Wales.
§ Mr. FreesonThe Department has commissioned a research study by the Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham, to monitor the development in practice of local authority management structures. Reports on this study are being published from time to time and copies will be placed in the Library. There are no plans to set up a further committee.
It is impracticable to estimate the cost to authorities of implementing Bainstype management structures.