HC Deb 20 May 1996 vol 278 cc35-6W
Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many buses were operated by each company within National Bus at the enactment of the Transport Act 1985. [30004]

Mr. Norris

This information is not available for the date on which the Transport Act 1985 received Royal Assent—30 October 1985—but the annual report of the National Bus Company for 1985 listed the number of vehicles of each operating subsidiary at the end of that year. The list is reproduced:

NBC bus and coach operating subsidiaries—1985
Name of subsidiary Traffic vehicles
Ambassador Travel (Eastern Countries) Ltd. 52
Bristol Omnibus Company Ltd. 632
Cambus Ltd. 224
Cheltenham and Gloucester Omnibus Company Ltd. 216
The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd. 142
Crosville Motor Services Ltd. 924
Cumberland Motor Services Ltd. 149
Devon General Ltd. 264
East Kent Road Car Company Ltd. 304
East Midland Motor Services Ltd. 258
East Yorkshire Motor Services Ltd. 176
Eastern Counties Omnibus Company Ltd. 273
The Eastern National Omnibus Company Ltd 437
Hampshire Bus Company Ltd. 199
Hastings and District Transport Ltd. 69
Lincolnshire Road Car Company Ltd. 188
London Country Bus Services Ltd. 1,153
The Maidstone and District Motor Services Ltd 325
Midland Fox Ltd. 296
Midland Red Coaches Ltd. 44
Midland Red (North) Ltd. 292
Midland Red (South) Ltd. 187
Midland Red (West) Ltd. 273
National Welsh Omnibus Services Ltd. 398
North Devon Ltd. 61
The Northern General Transport Company Ltd. 709
Pilgrim Coaches Ltd. 20
The Potteries Motor Traction Company Ltd. 240
Provincial Bus Company Ltd. 69
Ribble Motor Services Ltd. 836
Shamrock and Rambler Coaches Ltd. 37
South Midland Ltd. 91
Southdown Motor Services Ltd. 606
Southern National Ltd. 178
The Southern Vectis Omnibus Company Ltd. 161
The South Wales Transport Company Ltd. 261
The Thames Valley and Aldershopt Omnibus Company Ltd. 375
Trent Motor Traction Company Ltd. 378
United Automobile Services Ltd. 746
United Countries Omnibus Company Ltd. 522
NBC bus and coach operating subsidiaries—1985
Name of subsidiary Traffic vehicles
Wessex National Ltd. 40
West Riding Automobile Company Ltd. 492
West Yorkshire Road Car Company Ltd. 356
Western National Ltd. 317
Wiltshire and Dorset Bus Company Ltd. 210
The Yorkshire Traction Company Ltd. 328