HC Deb 15 April 1993 vol 222 cc691-2W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information he has on the ages of the current fleet of full-sized buses in London; what provision for investment has been made for the future for buses; and what was the level of past investment in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Norris

The current average age of full-sized buses in the LBL fleet is 13.1 years. Bus investment expenditure is given in the table:

£ million
Year Investment expenditure 1993–94 prices
1983 52.5
11984–85 31.7
1985–86 20.9
1986–87 13.1
1987–88 3.7
1988–89 8.5
1989–90 15.2
1990–91 15.7
1991–92 24.9
1992–93 26.0
1 1984–85 was a 15-month year.

I understand that LBL plans to invest £12 million on new buses in 1993–94, which will be the last full year before the completion of privatisation of the LBL subsidiaries.