Buses: Safety
(asked on 9th July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions traffic commissioners have (a) revoked a bus or coach operator's licence and (b) curtailed the number of vehicles which an operator is allowed to run under its licence for failing to meet safety standards since 2000.
The data that is currently recorded for action taken against bus and coach operators does not identify specifically where the action has been as a result of failing to meet safety standards. The following data shows the number of licences where the operator had their licence revoked or had the authorisation reduced. This data is therefore where operators have failed to meet "licence" standards, such as financial standing, repute, undertakings as well as those relating to vehicle and driver safety standards.
| Year | Revoked | Reduction authorisation |
| 2013/14 | 75 | 30 |
| 2012/13 | 61 | 35 |
| 2011/12 | 71 | 23 |
| 2010/11 | 57 | 34 |
| 2009/10 | 63 | 38 |
| 2008/09 | 64 | 49 |
| 2007/08 | 55 | 60 |
| 2006/07 | 38 | 44 |
| 2005/06 | 49 | 48 |
| 2004/05 | 68 | 65 |
| 2003/04 | 53 | 78 |
| 2002/03 | 63 | 65 |
| 2001/02 | 67 | 67 |
| 2000/01 | 55 | 49 |
The traffic commissioners recognise that additional data would be useful for completing the compliance picture and are already working with the Department and the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency through the Compliance Forum to deliver against that aim.