HC Deb 16 July 1985 vol 83 cc107-9W
Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of vehicle kilometers travelled by all buses, passenger transport executive buses, municipal buses, National Bus company, Scottish Bus Group, private buses and passenger Transport Executive buses, in 1964 and in each of the last 12 years.

Mr. Ridley

The information requested is as follows. Figures for 1984 will be available later this year in "Transport Statistics Great Britain 1974–84" HMSO.

Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were employed in bus services, municipal buses, National Bus company, Scottish Bus Group, private buses and passenger Transport Executive buses, in 1964 and in each of the last 12 years.

Mr. Ridley

The information requested is as follows. Figures for 1984 will be available later this year in "Transport Statistics Great Britain 1974–1984" Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

The ownership of a number of operators changed in the period to 1975. The figures for earlier years have been adjusted to conform to the present ownership categories. For example, the passenger transport executive figure for 1964 consists of the municipal and private operators which later formed the PTEs. The staff employed by operators in 1964 as they then existed were:

Number
Municipal operators 80,500
Nationalised 61,300
Private 82,500