HC Deb 27 January 1988 vol 126 cc257-8W
Mr. Spearing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will print in theOfficial Report the

(5) what was the number of public service vehicles, by operator group, which (a) failed the annual test, and (b) failed the annual test after rectification of minor faults, for each traffic area in Great Britain in 1986–87.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Following the reorganisation of the bus industry, it is no longer possible to split the statistics into the former operator groups. Separate information is not kept for Wales as such. The following are the statistics on failure rates for Great Britain and for vehicle inspectorate districts covering approximately the south Wales traffic area.

Great Britain South Wales
Number of PSV annual tests 68,376 3,509
Number of initial failures 26,448 1,575
Number of passes after rectification of minor faults 12,841 698
Number of final failures 13,607 877
Per cent. Per cent.
Immediate prohibition rate at annual test 0.34 0.51

Mr. Gareth Wardell

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what were the results of spot checking of public service vehicles and the immediate prohibition rates for(a) Britain and (b) Wales for 1986–87.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Separate information on spot checks is not available for Wales as a whole. The information for Great Britain is:

"Statement of Strategy" he set out for London Regional Transport in 1985, his reasons for planning a revised statement to be published in June, and a list of the persons and bodies he and London Regional Transport are consulting concerning its contents.

Mr. David Mitchell

LRT has a duty to publish statements setting out its policies under section 7 of the London Regional Transport Act 1984. The June 1985 "Statement of Strategy" referred to was the last (and only) statement published in discharge of this duty. A copy is in the Library of the House. Under section 7(8) of the 1984 Act statements of policies must be published at least every three years. A new statement is therefore due by June 1988. Those to be consulted are specified in section 7(4) of the Act.