The information requested is in the following table.
Region Eastern North East/ North West Scotland South East and Met. Wales Western West Midlands Agreed number of posts for 2006 1 4 6 2 3 2 1 2001-02 1st quarter 1 4 2 2 1 2 1 2nd quarter 1 4 2 2 1 2 1 3rd quarter 1 4 2 2 1 2 1 4th quarter 1 4 2 2 1 2 1 2002-03 1st quarter 1 4 2 2 1 2 1 2nd quarter 1 4 2 2 1 2 1 3rd quarter 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 4th quarter 1 4 2 2 1 2 1 2003-04 1st quarter 1 4 2 2 1 2 1 2nd quarter 1 4 2 2 3 2 1 3rd quarter 1 3 2 2 3 2 1 4th quarter 1 4 2 2 3 2 1 2004-05 1st quarter 1 4 2 2 3 2 1 2nd quarter 1 4 3 2 3 2 1 3rd quarter 1 3 4 1 3 2 1 4th quarter 1 4 4 1 3 2 1 2005-06 1st quarter 1 4 3 2 3 2 1 2nd quarter 1 3 4 2 3 2 1 2nd quarter 1 4 3 2 3 2 1 3rd quarter 1 4 6 2 3 2 1
The majority of financial support for bus services is provided by local authorities in line with policy choices made at a local level, from their Revenue Support Grant supplemented by Rural Bus Subsidy Grant paid to authorities by the Department. The figures requested are shown in the following tables and include re-imbursement of concessionary fares on local buses, (consistent figures are available only from 1998-99).
£ per head Durham Tyne and Wear Northumberland All North East 1998-99 9.4 29.7 6.0 18.0 1999-2000 9.9 28.6 6.9 17.7 2000-01 10.6 28.7 6,7 17.7 2001-02 12.1 28.9 7.5 18.2 2002-03 12.7 29.7 9.0 19.2 2003-04 14.1 25.4 10.3 18.1 2004-05 13.6 25.1 12.3 18.6
£000 Durham Tyne and Wear Northumberland All North East 1998-99 4,681 32,750 1,839 46,116 1999-2000 4,907 31,377 2,129 45,101 2000-01 5,268 31,280 2,071 45,115 2001-02 5,994 31,375 2,309 46,254 2002-03 6,272 32,236 2,773 48,770 2003-04 6,972 27,480 3,177 46,007 2004-05 6,740 27,204 3,814 47,328 Note: The figures for Tyne and Wear contain some inconsistencies which are currently being checked by the passenger transport executive. Source: Local authority returns to DCLG, revenue outturn (RO2).
In addition, operators of local bus services receive Bus Service Operators Grant from this Department. This is paid direct to operators and is not attributed to a specific area.