Asked by: Graham Stringer (Labour - Blackley and Broughton)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many public inquiries into bus performance were undertaken by each traffic commissioner in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
The following table shows the number of public inquiries heard against operators of local bus services in the last 5 years in England and Wales.
Traffic Area | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 |
North East England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
North West England | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
West Midlands | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Wales | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
West of England | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
East of England | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
London and SE England | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |