HC Deb 16 December 1977 vol 941 cc571-2W
Mr. David Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish in the Official Report a list of all the establishments currently offering a complete course to enable a goods vehicle operator to obtain the certificate of competency laid down in Statutory Instrument No. 1462 of 1977.

Mr. Horam

No. The organisations providing these courses are responsible for publicising them.

November 1976 prices
Accepted Expenditure—TSG TSG revalued to November 1977 Prices
Revenue Support Other Current Expenditure
County To BRB Bus etc. Capital Total TSG
£m £m £m £m £m £m £m
Greater London Nil 49.000 58.900 72.200 180.100 76.925 86.344
Greater Manchester 7.000 5.679 16.106 10.470 39.255 8.680 9.743
Merseyside 8.000 7.400 11.135 3.348 29.883 9.900 11.112
Tyne & Wear 2.100 7.500 9.140 50.701 69.441 40.353 45.294
West Midlands 2.800 12.200 19.674 8.279 42.953 10.848 12.176
South Yorkshire 1.100 2.200 11.545 4.146 18.991 4.104 4.607
West Yorkshire 4.100 7.300 18.047 7.915 37.362 11.621 13.044
Avon Nil 0.920 6.965 3.041 10.926 1.229 1.379
Bedfordshire Nil 0.450 3.790 2.809 7.049 1.502 1.686
Berkshire Nil 0.425 3.854 1.580 5.859 0.297 0.333
Buckinghamshire Nil 0.491 4.316 1.135 5.942 0.580 0.651
Cambridgeshire Nil 0.421 4.194 2.481 7.096 1.036 1.163
Cheshire Nil 1.760 7.905 3.126 12.791 2.552 2.865
Cleveland Nil 1.019 4.572 3.509 9.100 2.406 2.701
Cornwall Nil 0.650 4.740 0.575 5.965 1.339 1.503
Cumbria Nil 0.963 5.584 0.983 7.530 1.948 2.187
Derbyshire Nil 1.024 7.409 2.911 11.344 1.706 1.915
Devon Nil 0.740 9.665 3.050 13.455 2.816 3.161
Dorset Nil 0.600 4.000 2.850 7.450 1.173 1.317
Durham Nil 0.670 5.433 1.910 8.013 1.334 1.497
East Sussex Nil 0.350 5.088 1.286 6.724 0.245 0.275
Essex 0.002 1.199 10.323 4.719 16.243 1.383 1.552
Gloucestershire Nil 0.400 4.059 1.942 6.401 1.051 1.180
Hampshire Nil 1.675 9.680 5.359 16.714 1.535 1.723
Hereford & Worcester Nil 0.450 5.641 2.335 8.426 1.745 1.959
Hertfordshire 0.003 2.515 8.220 1.992 12.730 2.352 2.640
Humberside Nil 0.645 6.167 1.781 8.593 0.452 0.507
Isle of Wight Nil 0.234 0.881 0.285 1.400 0.194 0.218
Kent 0.002 0.878 10.871 5.420 17.171 1.890 2.121
Lancashire Nil 2.200 13.010 7.982 23.192 6.619 7.429
Leicestershire Nil 0.900 7.140 2.167 10.207 1.297 1.456
Lincolnshire Nil 0.397 6.228 0.500 7.125 1.315 1.476
Norfolk Nil 0.400 5.945 2.084 8.429 1.256 1.410
Northamptonshire Nil 0.300 4.695 1.329 6.324 0.897 1.007
Northumberland Nil 0.400 4.040 1.380 5.820 2.062 2.314

Mr. David Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he is satisfied with the number of different establishments offering courses for goods vehicle operators to gain the certificate of competency under Statutory Instrument No. 1462 of 1977; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Horam

Yes.