§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what monitoring his Department carries out of the level of bus services to rural areas in Chorley District. [105549]
§ Mr. HillInformation on rural bus services is collected at County level.
Following introduction of the Rural Bus Subsidy Grant in 1998 the Department undertook a monitoring exercise to assess the impact of the new grant. This showed that over 1,800 new or improved services had been introduced in England; 42 of those services were in Lancashire.