Increasing support Year on Year for Bus Services and Community Transport

The Conservatives have continued to fund public transport, year on year.

1.         Spend on "Commercial Bus Services" (ie Subsidy) for the last 5 years.

05/06                          £5.825m

06/07                          £5.840m

07/08                          £6.168m

08/09                          £6.158m

09/10                          £6.503m

05/06 to 09/10           increase of 11.6%

2.            Spend on "Community Transport''

05/06                          £1.092m

06/07                          £1.094m

07/08                          £1.148m

08/09                          £1.249

09/10                          £1.743m

05/06 to 09/10           increase of 63%


3.         Aggregated  spend on both Commercial and Community  Transport (excluding Rural Bus Subsidy – grant funded)

05/06                          £6.917m

06/07                          £6.934m

07/08                          £7.316m

08/09                          £7.407m

09/10                          £8.246m

05/06 to 09/10           increase of 20.5%

Overall increase PA    4.1%

Yours sincerely

Ken Thornber

Leader