Written question asked by Graham Stringer (Labour) on Monday, 1 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 4 November 2004. It was answered by Charlotte Atkins (Labour) on Thursday, 4 November 2004 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Vehicle and Operator Services Agency officials in each of the English regions are responsible for (a) checking the safety of bus vehicles and (b) surveying the reliability and punctuality of bus services. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Stringer: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many Vehicle and Operator Services Agency officials in each of the English regions are responsible for (a) checking the safety of bus vehicles and (b) surveying the reliability and punctuality of bus services. [196094] Charlotte Atkins: The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) deploys some 1,100 frontline staff responsible among other duties for checking the safety of public service vehicles (PSVs) throughout England, Scotland and Wales. Nine Bus Compliance Officers (BCOs) responsible for surveying the reliability and punctuality of bus services are deployed in the five English regions of the Traffic Area Network. They are distributed on the following basis: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Traffic area Number of BCOs North Eastern/North Western 3 West Midlands 1 Western 2 South Eastern and Metropolitan 2 Eastern 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 196094; 426 c431-2W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Bus services Buses Inspections Standards Safety Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
Contains statistics: Yes
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