Buses: Essex

Bob Spink
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many bus routes were cancelled in Essex in each of the last five years;

(2) how many new bus routes were started in Essex in each of the last five years.

Gillian Merron
The information is not available without incurring disproportionate costs. Essex county council have advised that they hold back copies of their quarterly (previously monthly) publication “Passenger Transport News” which contain details for all bus service changes in the county of Essex.