Mr. Stephen Kent:

No. As far as I know, nobody in the UK is operating a scheme of this size, with ten and a half thousand routes. Our issue is that we are trying to manage it safely, and so far we are doing okay on that. Regarding the 3,000-odd smaller vehicles with escorts, including taxis, we are asking whether we could do the likes of what the Deputy is suggesting, namely introduce twice-yearly medicals and move the age from 70 to, say, 75. We are going to try to get research that would inform such a move such that we could dip our toe in the water; however, as long as the research on school buses that I have referred to stands – remember our buses go all the way up to 80-seater buses – it is very difficult for us to move, recognising the risk that has been called out by the professor.