To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport when he expects the panel of members for the Quality Contract Scheme approvals board to be appointed. (304143)

I expect to make an announcement about Quality Contracts Schemes shortly.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many bus monitoring officer posts there were in each traffic commissioner area in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland in each of the last five years; and how many such posts were funded by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency. (304144)

The information requested is in the following table:

The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency does not fund bus monitoring officer posts.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many research projects his Department has commissioned in the 2009-10 financial year to assess the likely effects on bus services of changes to the Bus Service Operators Grant; and what the (a) title and (b) remit was of each such research project. (304145)

The Department for Transport has commissioned no research projects in the 2009-10 financial year to assess the likely effects on bus services of changes to the Bus Service Operators Grant.