HC Deb 08 February 1978 vol 943 cc585-6W
Mr. Adley

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the 23 local authorities quoted by the Under-Secretary of State as having no concessionary fare schemes for pensioners; and if he will indicate in which of the authorities there is a municipal transport undertaking wholly controlled by the local authority.

Mr. Horam

On the basis of a survey carried out in 1976, 56 districts have no concessionary fare scheme:

  • Alnwick
  • Arun
  • Berwick-on-Tweed
  • Beverley
  • Boston
  • Breckland
  • Broadland
  • Caradon
  • Carrick
  • Charnwood
  • Chichester
  • Christchurch
  • East Devon
  • East Lindsey
  • Eden
  • Hambleton
  • Harborough
  • Horsham
  • Kennet
  • Kerrier
  • Leominster
  • Maldon
  • Malvern Hills
  • Mendip
  • North Cornwall
  • North Dorset
  • North Norfolk
  • North Shropshire
  • North Wiltshire
  • Penwith
  • Poole
  • Purbeck
  • Reigate & Banstead
  • Restormel
  • 586
  • Rother
  • Salisbury
  • South Hams
  • South Herefordshire
  • South Holland
  • South Norfolk
  • South Northamptonshire
  • South Shropshire
  • Stafford
  • Stratford-on-Avon
  • Tandridge
  • Teignbridge
  • Tiverton
  • Tunbridge Wells
  • Tynedale
  • Wealden
  • West Devon
  • West Dorset
  • West Somerset
  • West Wiltshire
  • Wimborne
  • Woodspring

Of these, 19 appear to be Conservative-controlled and the rest to be independent. None of these authorities has a municipal transport undertaking.