§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the number of bus passengers carried by local authority bus services in each of the four Scottish cities in each of the past four years.
§ Mr. RifkindTable 13.7(b)> of the Scottish Abstract of Statistics 1980 gives the number of passenger journeys from 1975–76 to 1978–79.
The information for 1979–80 is as follows:
Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive 185,717,000 Lothian Regional Council 144,877,000 Tayside Regional Council 41,773,000 Grampian Regional Council 49,998,000 Data for 1980–81 are not yet available.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has information as to the cost per (a) one mile, (b) two miles, (c) three miles, (d) four miles and (e) five miles journey in each of the local authority bus services provided in the four Scottish cities in each of the past four years.
§ Mr. RifkindThe information available to my Department is as follows: