§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information he has on the ages of the current fleet of full-sized buses in London; what provision692W for investment has been made for the future for buses; and what was the level of past investment in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. NorrisThe current average age of full-sized buses in the LBL fleet is 13.1 years. Bus investment expenditure is given in the table:
£ million Year Investment expenditure 1993–94 prices 1983 52.5 11984–85 31.7 1985–86 20.9 1986–87 13.1 1987–88 3.7 1988–89 8.5 1989–90 15.2 1990–91 15.7 1991–92 24.9 1992–93 26.0 1 1984–85 was a 15-month year. I understand that LBL plans to invest £12 million on new buses in 1993–94, which will be the last full year before the completion of privatisation of the LBL subsidiaries.