§ Mr. Tudor Watkinsasked the Minister of Transport what was the value of the
GRANTS IN RELIEF OF FUEL DUTY RELATING TO STAGE BUS SERVICES (COMMENCED IN 1965–66) Recipient Wales Breconshire Radnorshire £ £ £ Nationalised bus companies … … 1,770,119 22,574* 90 Municipal Transport Undertakings … … 476,526 nil nil Private Companies … … 182,043 1,421 2,429 Total … … 2,428,688 23,995 2,519
New Bus Grants (commenced in 1968–69) Recipient Wales Breconshire Radnorshire £ £ Nationalised bus companies … … 243,106 2,331* nil Municipal Transport Undertakings … … 89,987 nil nil Private Companies … … 23,790 nil nil Total … … 356,883 2,331 nil * Estimated. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales has authorised grants totalling about £65,000 towards local authority bus stations and a 50 per cent. grant to a local authority for a rural bus service operated by a private company. No payments have been made and none of the grants relates to Breconshire and Radnorshire.