To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many bus services have been (a) withdrawn and (b) added to service (i) in total and (ii) in each traffic area region in each year since 2004-05. (152132)

The information is not available without incurring disproportionate costs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the percentage change in bus usage in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber, (c) the City of York and (d) London has been since 1997. (152202)

The information requested for England, Yorkshire and the Humber and London is available from Table E of the “Public Transport Statistics Bulletin GB: 2006 Edition”, a copy of which is held in the House of Commons Library.

The information for York is not available from DfT sources. York City council reported an increase in bus passenger journeys of 57 per cent. between 2000-01 and 2005-06 in its delivery report for its first local transport plan.