§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the 23 local authorities quoted by the Under-Secretary of State as having no concessionary fare schemes for pensioners; and if he will indicate in which of the authorities there is a municipal transport undertaking wholly controlled by the local authority.
§ Mr. HoramOn the basis of a survey carried out in 1976, 56 districts have no concessionary fare scheme:
- Alnwick
- Arun
- Berwick-on-Tweed
- Beverley
- Boston
- Breckland
- Broadland
- Caradon
- Carrick
- Charnwood
- Chichester
- Christchurch
- East Devon
- East Lindsey
- Eden
- Hambleton
- Harborough
- Horsham
- Kennet
- Kerrier
- Leominster
- Maldon
- Malvern Hills
- Mendip
- North Cornwall
- North Dorset
- North Norfolk
- North Shropshire
- North Wiltshire
- Penwith
- Poole
- Purbeck
- Reigate & Banstead
- Restormel
586 - Rother
- Salisbury
- South Hams
- South Herefordshire
- South Holland
- South Norfolk
- South Northamptonshire
- South Shropshire
- Stafford
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Tandridge
- Teignbridge
- Tiverton
- Tunbridge Wells
- Tynedale
- Wealden
- West Devon
- West Dorset
- West Somerset
- West Wiltshire
- Wimborne
- Woodspring
Of these, 19 appear to be Conservative-controlled and the rest to be independent. None of these authorities has a municipal transport undertaking.