Ms Anne Graham:

Deputy Fitzpatrick asked me about rural transport and the three-year strategy. We hope to publish that before the end of the year. We will be informed by whatever budgets that would be put in place for the rural transport programmes and our strategy will reflect that. In terms of network reviews on a county-by-county basis, we usually start from scratch. We look at the travel demand in a county, where people are travelling and where the growth is likely to be. We consider existing services and where the gaps are in those services. We also look at whether we can improve services by better integration, which might come about through timetable changes and if there is a demand for additional frequency. The integration of rural transport with other public transport services is also examined on a county-by-county basis. One cannot usually confine it to a county and a number of counties may be studied together. That is what we do in a network review.