§ Mr. JohnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many persons are currently employed in each area office in England and Wales to monitor the performance of local bus companies and to follow up any suspected infractions of their licences.
§ Mr. David Mitchell[holding answer 1 July 1988]: The staff effort (expressed as man-years) involved in each traffic area in 1987–88 in licensing bus operators, including monitoring and checking registered local services, and the traffic examiner support for this, is as follows: