HC Deb 28 January 2003 vol 398 c723W
Mr. Paul Marsden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many(a) new, (b) improved and (c) withdrawn bus services there were in (i) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (ii) Shropshire in each year since 1997. [93086]

Mr. Jamieson

My Department does not collect this information. However, I am informed by Shropshire County Council that since 1998 the total number of commercial bus journeys in the county withdrawn by operators is 1,936. In the same period the county council has provided subsidy for 2,500 new additional bus journeys some of which replaced those commercial ones that have been withdrawn.

The council does not have available separate information about services in Shrewsbury and Atcham.