§ Mr. Colin Shepherdasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will set out in the Official Report a table showing the total amounts paid to bus operators in respect of revenue support for the financial years 1974–75 and 1984–85, together with the total bus route mileage and passengers carried for each of the years in respect of each of the county councils in Wales.
§ Mr. John Stradling ThomasNet revenue support paid to bus operators by each county council in Wales in the financial years 1974–75 and 1983–84 was as follows:
Figures for financial year 1984–85 are not yet available.
Net revenue support to bus operators 1974–75 and 1983–84 1974–75 1983–84 £ £ Clwyd 77,113 1,624,592 Dyfed 104,372 1,399,921 Gwent 58,220 849,396 Gwynedd 122,213 1,050,525 Mid Glamorgan -11,078 1,327,961 Powys 27,669 276,180 South Glamorgan 25,000 1,266,331 West Glamorgan 80,883 1,049,280 Total *(a) 484,392 *(b) 8,844,186 * Includes small element of support to British Rail Details of total bus route mileage and passengers carried for each county in Wales for the years 1974–75 and 1984–85 are not available. Since 1981 the total number of passengers journeys in Wales has been:
Year Total Of which were stage carriage Million Million 1981 244.1 190.4 1982 227.1 181.5 1983 237.8 181.7