§ Mr. Ridsdaleasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will name the 56 district councils that have no concessionary fare scheme; what is the number of retired people in each of these districts; what is the product of a 1p rate in each of these districts; how much it would cost to provide a similar concessionary fare scheme for each of these districts similar to that provided by the Greater London Council; and what would be the total cost of such a scheme for all these 56 district councils.
§ Mr. HoramOn the basis of a survey carried out in 1976, 56 districts have no concessionary fares scheme:
- Alnwick
- Arun
- Berwick-upon-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 and Banstead
- Restormel Rother
- Salisbury
- South Hams
- South Herefordshire
- South Holland
- South Norfolk
- South Northamptonshire
- Stafford
- South Shropshire
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Tandridge
- Teignbridge
- Tiverton
- Tunbridge Wells
702 - Tynedale
- Wealden
- West Devon
- West Dorset
- West Somerset
- West Wiltshire
- Wimborne
- Woodspring
I regret that the remaining information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate effort and cost.