§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many 217W complaints were registered with each passenger transport authority against bus operators, broken down by name of operator, in each of the last three years. [54265]
§ Ms KeebleThis information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Individual passenger transport authorities may, however, be able to provide information about complaints they have received.
§ Paul FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what the total bus subsidies paid in each of the past four years were in (a) urban and (b) rural areas. [54814]
§ Ms KeebleData are not collected in the precise form requested. The table summarises the available data on public financial support for local bus services in England.
£million 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Concessionary fares reimbursement by local authorities London and metropolitan areas 286 289 289 301 Rest of England 104 103 102 113 Local authority service subsidies1 London and metropolitan areas 99 121 119 209 Rest of England 86 110 127 135 Fuel duty rebate from central Government London 30 37 46 47 Rest of England 157 185 231 254 1 This comprises Revenue Support Grant funding for local authorities, funding from London Transport/Transport for London and expenditure under the Rural Bus Subsidy Grant scheme. Note:
Data on expenditure on fuel duty rebate to bus services in metropolitan areas are not kept separately.