HC Deb 13 May 1994 vol 243 cc274-6W
Mr. Raynsford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish an index showing the real increase in fares on(a) London buses, (b) London Underground, (c) all London transport, (d) Network SouthEast and (e) all British Rail in each year since 1984–85, taking 1984–85 as the base and showing the increase in both actual and real terms.

Mr. Norris

The information requested is given in the table.

The figures shown in the tables are for child ordinary tickets only. They do not include the effect of changes in the price of child season tickets, travelcards and passes, as this information is not available.

Real fares indices for child ordinary tickets
(1984–5=100)
London Buses London Underground London Transport
1984–85 100 100 100
1985–86 116 101 112
1986–87 112 103 109
1987–88 113 116 113
1988–89 129 123 128

London Buses London Underground London Transport
1989–90 142 133 140
1990–91 136 148 140
1991–92 153 159 155
1992–93 165 160 165
1993–94 166 177 169

Actual fares indices for child ordinary tickets
(1984–85=100)
London Buses London Underground London Transport
1984–85 100 100 100
1985–86 123 107 118
1986–87 122 112 119
1987–88 128 132 129
1988–89 155 149 154
1989–90 184 172 182

Consultants Service Cost 1£ thousand
(a) Driving Standards Agency
Brian Cattle Educational training 12
Michael Page Preparations for commercial style accounts 16
Comshare Software design 40
Public Attitude Surveys Customer survey 16
Armstrong Laing Payroll model design 19
BASIS Ltd. Market testing support 21
Shreeveport Support for in-house bid team 2N/a
(b)Vehicle Inspectorate
KPMG Peat Marwick IT/IS strategy advice 90
Anthony Hancock Inspection of compressed air systems 37
Smith and Williamson Citizen's charter market research 40
Proctor and Stevenson Design/image work for VI 6
MIRA Assessment of diesel smoke emissions 110
Ernst and Young Consultancy support for VI IT Strategy 38
Povall Worthington Supervision of the Carlisle Heavy Goods Vehicle Test Station re-roofing 1
Anthony York Supervision of Exeter HGVTS re-roofing 1
Wimpey Environmental Air test consultancy 10
Peratec Total quality management consultancy 59
Hoskyns Provision of technical advice during development of IS strategy 2N/a
Electronic Data Systems Limited (EDS) Development of User Requirement for IS strategy 239
(c) Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Shreeveport Advising for DVLA's preparation for the privatisation of DVOIT 37
Topix Design and development of a resource allocation model for VED enforcement 67
Penn PR Annual Report 22
Textmill Combine form D1/D2 and D100/D200 7
Breifi Group Training Review 5
Price Waterhouse Senior staff review 77
Ernst and Young DVOIT privatisation 76
Coopers and Lybrand Evaluation of telesales tenders 36
Forvus Forecasting Enhancement of DVLA forecasting system 44
Stern Rozier Durrant Food service consultancy 3
Coopers and Lybrand Sale of anonymised data 25
Touche Ross Provision of consultancy support—market testing—customer/client 178
CSL Market test—in-house bid construction 96
Prime Strategy Provision of consultancy support—market testing—customer/client 252
CAPITA Market testing—in-house bid construction 52
PA Consulting VRO Review 86
Chinal Management Support for office work measurement 1
Rowe and Maw Consultancy commission to lead internal inquiry at the DVLA 20
Research International Accuracy of DVLA data base 58
Research International Customer satisfaction survey 14
Coopers and Lybrand Review into payments made to ex-LTO 10 staff 10
1 Excluding VAT.
2 N/a—Not available, recent appointment.

London Buses London Underground London Transport
1990–91 194 210 199
1991–92 228 237 232
1992–93 255 247 255
1993–94 259 277 264

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