Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cessations of bus services his Department or Traffic Commissioners have been notified of in each of the last five ears, and where in the UK these these been.
The table below shows cancelled bus services in Great Britain (outside of London), registered with the traffic commissioners.
Cancelled local bus service registrations by Traffic Area
| 2016-17 | 2015-16 | 2014-15 | 2013-14 | 2012-13 |
Eastern | 480 | 412 | 525 | 480 | 476 |
North Eastern | 639 | 511 | 711 | 639 | 719 |
North Western | 683 | 684 | 644 | 683 | 736 |
South Eastern and Metropolitan | 172 | 127 | 171 | 172 | 223 |
West Midlands | 320 | 225 | 316 | 320 | 346 |
Western | 395 | 380 | 474 | 395 | 362 |
Scotland | 466 | 464 | 451 | 466 | 614 |
Wales | 143 | 322 | 193 | 143 | 300 |
Total (excl London and N Ireland) | 3,298 | 3,125 | 3,485 | 3,298 | 3,776 |
Source: Traffic Commissioner Annual Reports
These figures relate only to the local bus service registered with a traffic commissioner in Great Britain. They do not include those services registered with Transport for London or those in Northern Ireland.