§ Ms WalleyTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list for each of the last 10 years the number of complaints received by the Office of Fair Trading regarding the operation of local bus services and the actions of bus companies reported to his Department. [25911]
§ Mr. Jonathan EvansThe numbers of complaints about competition aspects of local bus operation received by the Office of Fair Trading since bus services outside London were deregulated are as follows.
Number 1987 57 1988 58 1989 53 1990 51 1991 68 1992 90 1993 108 1994 56 Total 541 Complaints which my Department receives regarding unfair competition in the industry are referred to the Director General of Fair Trading, who has the initial responsibility for considering them.