§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of the total local bus mileage was operated by tendered bus services in each of the last five years. [71049]
§ Mr. JamiesonInformation on the proportion of bus mileage operated through tendered services, comprising services run under contract to Transport for London, and socially necessary services subsidised by local authorities outside London, is shown in the following table. The commercial (deregulated) local bus mileage proportion is also shown. Outside London, the tendered services column includes some local authority contracts negotiated under "de minimis" rules with individual operators, although most are provided following competitive tendering.
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Percentage Commercial1 Tendered England 1996–97 73 27 1997–98 72 28 1998–99 72 28 1999–2000 72 28 2000–01 72 28
Percentage Commercial1 Tendered England outside London 1996–97 84 16 1997–98 84 16 1998–99 83 17 1999–2000 84 16 2000–01 84 16 1 deregulated