Annex J
TABLES TAKEN FROM THE ATCO LOCAL AUTHORITY
BUS CONTRACTS—PRICE, EXPENDITURE AND COMPETITION SURVEY
2003 (covers England and Wales)
LOCAL BUS CONTRACTS: AVERAGE PRICE INCREASES
FOR CONTRACTS RENEWED ON A LIKE-FOR-LIKE BASIS
|
| English
counties
%
| English
unitaries
%
| PTEs
% | Welsh
councils
%
| Scottish
councils
%
| All
% |
|
| 1998 | 16.3 |
2.4 | 9.0
| 4.0 | 2.0
| 11.8 |
| 1999 | 16.1 |
18.3 | 8.1
| 33.0 | na1
| 17.0 |
| 2000 | 17.8 |
13.4 | 7.7
| 28.1 | 22.1
| 16.7 |
| 2001 | 23.2 |
23.9 | 10.5
| 23.6 | 11.7
| 20.9 |
| 2002 | 20.8 |
15.1 | 17.22
| 28.2 | 17.4
| 19.6 |
| 2003 | 16.4 |
8.2 | 11.4
| 30.23 | 22.0
| 15.0 |
|
(1) Insufficient contracts tendered.
(2) Only 3 out of 6 PTEs reported results.
(3) One authority accounted for 60% of all contracts tendered;
excluding this authority the average was 15.2%.
SCHOOL BUS CONTRACTS: AVERAGE PRICE INCREASES FOR CONTRACTS
RENEWED ON A LIKE-FOR-LIKE BASIS
|
| English
counties
%
| English
unitaries
%
| Welsh
councils
%
| Scottish
councils
%
| All
% |
|
| 1998 | 12.7 |
2.7 | (1)
| 2.0 | 11.0
|
| 1999 | 16.6 |
5.2 | 4.5
| na1 | 13.1
|
| 2000 | 12.7 |
14.5 | 6.7
| 22.1 | 11.1
|
| 2001 | 18.1 |
11.4 | 13.0
| 11.7 | 16.0
|
| 2002 | 15.2 |
16.9 | 11.3
| 17.4 | 14.1
|
| 2003 | 11.5 |
3.9 | 8.3
| 22.0 | 12.2
|
|
Notes:
(1) Insufficient contracts tendered.
| 
