§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the cost to each local authority in England arising from the tendering of local bus services was in each of the last five years.[185822]
§ Dr. HowellsThe table shows expenditure on support for local bus services by local transport authorities London between 1998–99 and 2002–03, the last year for which figures are available.
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£000 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Bath and North East Somerset 518 583 589 762 947 Bedfordshire 1,214 1,511 1,891 1,299 n/a Blackburn Darwen 301 924 1,313 n/a n/a Blackpool 212 -57 1,114 n/a n/a Bournemouth 331 507 543 405 502 Bracknell Forest 375 489 360 246 377 Brighton and Hove 933 747 1,147 1,203 933 Bristol 1,625 1,580 1,781 1,767 2,407 Buckinghamshire 1,573 2,212 1,799 2,196 2,737 Cambridgeshire 1,735 1,802 1,669 2,766 1,605 Cheshire 3,567 3,681 4,575 3,295 3,858 Cornwall 2,298 2,579 2,668 3,159 3,698 Cumbria 384 1.326 1,569 1,967 2,298 Darlington 20 178 179 281 392 Derby City 213 239 731 640 760 Derbyshire 3,352 4,739 4,940 4,800 5,645 Devon 3,015 3,228 2,917 4,025 4,506 Dorset 1,747 1,744 1,611 2,061 2,179 Durham 2,724 2,845 2,626 3,529 3,887 East Riding 654 1,277 994 1,555 1,587 East Sussex 2,819 3,438 2,741 3,416 3,697 Essex 4,590 4,641 5,401 4,744 5,029 Gloucestershire 2,120 2,389 3,138 2,157 3,086 Greater Manchester PTE 20,520 20,996 25,159 21,010 20,239 Halton 619 625 483 665 632 Hampshire 4,866 5,586 5,287 7,075 6,874 Hartlepool 212 264 249 241 316
£000 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Herefordshire 1,612 2,102 1,250 1,579 2,081 Hertfordshire 4,996 5,237 5,586 5,974 6,472 Isle of Wight 483 464 541 505 547 Kent 4,731 4,722 4,436 5,401 6,394 Kingston upon Hull 447 399 768 451 661 Lancashire 3,583 4,255 5,534 4,465 4,446 Leicester City 795 831 573 794 1,457 Leicestershire 1,359 2,108 2,361 2,188 2,985 Lincolnshire 2,959 3,434 2,534 3,094 3,898 Luton 64 85 415 485 595 Medway 994 724 836 708 824 Merseyside PTE 25,418 11,607 25,499 13,215 14,247 Middlesbrough 567 273 925 198 202 Milton Keynes 1,186 1,245 1,487 971 1,162 Norfolk 2,957 3,360 4,338 3,291 4,337 North East Lincs. 217 221 67 75 76 North Lincs. 390 653 1,027 789 725 North Somerset 470 493 581 572 614 North Yorkshire 2,589 4,208 2,958 3,812 4,623 Northamptonshire 1,373 1,472 1,325 1,671 2,143 Northumberland 870 1,165 1,307 1,445 1,930 Nottingham City — — 612 689 n/a Nottinghamshire 2,389 3,688 4,440 4,467 5,492 Oxfordshire 1,813 2,358 2,720 2,994 3,607 Peterborough 192 308 247 384 528 Plymouth 693 555 549 408 489 Poole 379 426 419 550 604 Portsmouth 425 438 602 508 591 Reading n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Redcar and Cleveland 810 876 570 n/a 1,135 Rutland UA 118 166 168 113 337 Shropshire 2,121 1,821 1,642 2,177 2,774 Slough 151 161 153 178 224 Somerset 1,628 1,756 1,688 2,450 2,836 South Glos. 1,198 1,448 1,327 1,924 1,992 South Yorkshire PTE 6,751 7,569 16,191 8,424 9,640 Southampton 502 526 555 663 719 Southend 122 225 173 265 415 Staffordshire 2,061 2,864 2,692 3,369 3,814 Stockton 908 968 617 783 937 Stoke on Trent 411 438 461 431 573 Suffolk 2,044 2,609 2,623 3,288 4,130 Surrey 4,642 4,533 5,527 6,963 8,644 Swindon 349 303 672 384 655 Telford and Wrekin 776 846 431 381 323 Thurrock 393 544 569 716 893 Torbay 106 96 156 174 198 Tyne and Wear PTE 9,575 10,225 11,578 10,829 12,320 Warrington 1,311 1,457 1,364 1,506 1,527 Warwickshire 661 897 1,521 1,392 2,875 West Berks 501 686 1,107 461 851 West Midlands PTE 27,241 28,343 24,687 30,754 24,581 West Sussex 2,134 2,626 2,402 3,311 3,459 West Yorkshire PTE 19,992 22,492 22,143 25,482 24,746 Wiltshire 2,597 2,892 2,605 4,212 4,492 Windsor and Maidenhead 414 573 636 714 820 Wokingham 483 194 497 234 429 Worcestershire 2,108 2,469 3,312 3,567 3,915 York 633 678 583 620 686 n/a = figures not available These data have been taken from local authority and Passenger Transport Authority administrative returns. In addition to the cost of tenders for supported services, the figures include related expenditure on administrative services and some other payments.
§ Mr. MoleTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has discussed the competition implications of all bus through ticketing with the Department of Trade and Industry. [185390]
§ Mr. McNultyI have discussed the issue of joint bus ticketing with my colleague the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Competition and Consumers. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has discussed the matter with the 651W Chairman of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), the body which has responsibility for applying competition law to the bus industry. Department for Transport officials hold regular meetings with OFT officials to discuss progress on bus ticketing schemes.