'Deplorable'

13th March 1982, Page 13

13th March 1982

Page 13

Page 13, 13th March 1982 — 'Deplorable'

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IN TUESDAY'S budget vehicle excise duty for buses and coaches rose from £35 for up to 20 seats plus 70p for each additional seat to £40 plus 80p for each additional seat.

Examples are: Seats Old New 35 seater £45.50 £52.00 45 seater £52.50 £60.00 49 seater £55.30 £63.20 53 seater £58.10 £66.40 57 seater £60.90 £69.60 The Confederation of British Road Passenger Transport (CPT) said it "deplored" any increases on the burden placed on public transport. The CPT has calculated that the dery duty rise will cost coaches alone an extra E4.9m p.a., and that coach fares will need to go up by 1.3 per cent to cover this.

The increase in ved means that the Exchequer will gather an additional f1/2m from the industry.