§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give details of the percentage bus fare increases agreed to by the traffic commissioners in each metropolitan county area over the most recent period of 12 months.
§ Mr. William RodgersIn the last 12 months fare scales have been varied to produce the following average increases:
Greater Manchester
- 10 per cent—September 1977.
- 10 per cent.—July 1978.
Merseyside
- 13 per cent.—October 1977.
South Yorkshire
- None.
Tyne and Wear
- 12 per cent.—November 1977.
West Midlands
- 30 per cent.—August 1977.
West Yorkshire
- 12 per cent. August 1977.
- 12 per cent. February 1978.
§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish a table to show the average cost per mile charged by bus fares in each separate county area over the most recent period of 12 months.
§ Mr. William RodgersInformation of this sort could only be obtained by examining the fare scales of every operator in each county and the cost of doing so would be excessive.