Buses: Registration
(asked on 6th January 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many coaches were registered by the Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain in (a) 2024 to date and (b) each of the last five years.
The Office of the Traffic Commissioner (OTC) collects annual data on the number of active and newly issued public service vehicle (PSV) operator licences and the vehicles authorised to operate under these licences. Coach operators are required to hold a valid PSV licence to operate in the UK. The PSV licence data covers both bus and coach operators and does not distinguish between the two.
The number of PSV operator licences and vehicles authorised to operate under these licences from 2024 to date:
Reporting Year (to date) | Number of valid PSV operator licences | Number of vehicles authorised |
April 2024 - January 2025 | 5465 | 88992 |
Reporting Year (to date) | Number of new PSV operator licences granted | Number of vehicles authorised as a result of a new application |
April 2024 - January 2025 | 266 | 1386 |
The figures for the number of PSV operator licences and the vehicles authorised to operate under these licences for the last five years:
Reporting year (April to March) | Number of valid PSV operator licences | Number of vehicles authorised |
2019-20 | 6852 | 90865 |
2020-21 | 6602 | 89980 |
2021-22 | 6158 | 88582 |
2022-23 | 5809 | 86371 |
2023-24 | 5451 | 88664 |
2024-January 2025 | 5465 | 88992 |
Reporting Year (April – March) | Number of new PSV operator licences granted | Number of vehicles authorised as a result of a new application |
2019-20 | 474 | 2810 |
2020-21 | 317 | 1323 |
2021-22 | 264 | 2292 |
2022-23 | 310 | 1463 |
2023-24 | 368 | 1451 |
2024-January 2025 | 266 | 1386 |