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  • Fare Evasion (Supplementary) [3]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 05 December 2007
    Is that the figure which is used for calculating the overall number?

  • Fare Evasion (Supplementary) [4]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 05 December 2007
    That is a slightly higher irregularity rate than your average?

  • Fare Evasion (Supplementary) [5]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 05 December 2007
    What is the average amount of fare evaded?

  • Fare Evasion (Supplementary) [6]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 05 December 2007
    You seem to be suggesting that 80% of the people who are recommended for prosecution are difficult to track down, do not give enough details. That sounds incredible.

  • Fare Evasion (Supplementary) [7]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 05 December 2007
    I am not talking about penalty fares though. I am talking about the number of people who are recommended for prosecution. Only 20% of those actually get to court in the end. Is there a problem with the way the evidence is being gathered?

  • Fare Evasion (Supplementary) [8]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 05 December 2007
    How much money does that equate to?

  • Fare Evasion (Supplementary) [10]

    • Question by: Bob Blackman
    • Meeting date: 05 December 2007
    Without getting into the merits or otherwise of bendy buses, obviously one of the clear concerns is that the rear portion of the buses is not monitored. Is there a consideration now then that you would concentrate RPIs and suchlike on such routes, where fare evasion is particularly a problem?

  • Fare Evasion (Supplementary) [11]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 05 December 2007
    Certainly, in New York, the police check tickets there and they say it is useful to them because it enables them to identify people who they might want to examine for other reasons, so the last point you made is supported by experience in New York and might be worth considering here.

  • Fare Evasion (Supplementary) [12]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 05 December 2007
    Maybe we could discuss where those places are at some point in the future, but one of the good things about the operation we saw was that there was co-operation between the police and revenue protection inspectors. Do you feel it would be helpful for the police to be able to ask to inspect people's tickets?

  • Fare Evasion (Supplementary) [13]

    • Question by: Bob Blackman
    • Meeting date: 05 December 2007
    The reason I raised that is that the number 18 bus route that runs through my constituency carries two million passengers a year, or thereabouts. In a recent exercise over 100 people were caught in an hour, without having paid a proper fare. That suggests that anecdotal evidence that people just do not bother paying if they get on the rear portion of those buses is borne out by reality, and if there is a concentration on routes such as that, it must reduce the amount of money that is evaded. Would you not agree that is a useful way...