Select Committee on Education and Skills Minutes of Evidence


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.



 
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