Local bus services market investigation reference (OFT)
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) referred the local bus services market to the Competition Commission (CC) for investigation.
Action before reference
The OFT carried out a market study into local bus services.
Reasons for reference
Date of reference: 7 January 2010.
The OFT has referred the local bus services, excluding London and Northern Ireland, to the Competition Commission (CC) for investigation. The key reasons for this are that low levels of competition in many bus markets both in the supply of commercial services and tendered services may be resulting in poor outcomes for bus users and taxpayers.
Key documents
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Press release OFT refers local bus services to Competition Commission 7 January 2010
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(pdf 947kb) January 2010
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(pdf 1.4Mb) January 2010
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(pdf 56kb) January 2010
Information on the Competition Commission’s local bus services market investigation is on GOV.UK