London Buses (Hansard, 2 June 1997)

§ Mr. Brake
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) if it is the Government's policy to ensure that buses in the capital are predominantly London red in colour; [1708]
(2) if it is the Government's policy to ensure that when existing tenders to run London bus routes expire, the new tender requires the operator to use a fleet of buses bearing the red London livery. [1709]

§ Ms Glenda Jackson
This is a matter for London Transport Buses. Their current policy is to require operators submitting bids for routes which operate within Central London to use predominantly red livery. The only exception to the above policy is for incumbent operators who are re-bidding for central London routes where the vehicles used are not currently red.
Outside the central area operators may adopt their own livery subject to approval by London Transport Buses.

§ Mr. Brake
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many passengers per annum use London bus routes(a) not bearing and (b) bearing the London red livery. [1712]

§ Ms Jackson
In the financial year 1996–97 London Transport estimate that just over 80 per cent. of the 1,234 million journeys made on London Transport bus services were on vehicles with a predominantly red London livery.

§ Mr. Brake
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions which London bus route tenders(a) expired in the last six months and (b) are due to expire in the next six months. [1710]

§ Ms Jackson
London bus service contracts which expired between 1 December 1996 and 31 May 1997 are as follows20, 35, 40, 42, 54, 75, 91, 108, 167, 184, 190, 204, 206, 298, 310, 311, 345, 362, 391, 462, 617, 624, 629, 638, 661, 851, 931, E1, E2, E3, E4, E5, E6, E7, E8, E9, H40, N91, W13D.
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London bus service contracts which are due to expire between 1 June 1997 and 30 November 1997 are as follows: 14, 16, 21, 24, 32, 34, 38, 39, 57, 63, 64, 65, 71, 74, 83, 85, 86, 90, 102, 127, 128, 129, 130, 150, 156, 170, 192, 197, 213, 221, 265, 281, 289, 312, 314, 364, 369, 371, 406, 465, 479, 499, 632, 650, 16A, 64A, 112D, 371D, N14, N21, N24, N38, W2, X30.

§ Mr. Brake
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions which London bus routes are not serviced by buses bearing the London red livery. [1711]

§ Ms Jackson
The following London Transport bus routes are operated with vehicles which do not carry the London red livery13, 19, 20, 22A, 22B, 24, 55, 57, 65, 66, 67, 78, 85, 90, 92, 96, 97, 97A, 103, 105, 108, 114, 117, 123, 125, 126, 127, 132, 138, 141, 142, 146, 153, 158, 161, 162, 165, 167, 168, 173, 176, 179, 181, 188, 190, 191, 193, 203, 210, 212, 214, 215, 225, 227, 233, 236, 248, 252, 256, 257, 258, 260, 261, 269, 272, 275, 284, 285, 286, 289, 296, 299, 315, 318, 320, 340, 346, 362, 365, 367, 379, 389, 396, 398, 399, 400, 402, 403, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 422, 428, 444, 462, 465, 479, 492, 511, 606, 613, 616, 627, 645, 646, 650, 651, 661, 670, 673, 678, 693, 726, B11, B15, C4, D5, D6, D8, E2, E8, ELS, ELT, ELX, H10, H11, H13, H17, H26, H27, H28, H29, K5, K6, R2. R5, R6, R7, R8, R61, R62, S3, W6, W9, W10, W11, W12, W13, W14, W15, W16, X72, 307 (school journeys only), 371 (school journeys only).