Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 75227

Bus Services: Dorset

Tabled: 4 September 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will have discissions with Dorset Council on the adequacy of the scheduling of the CR6 Bridport to Beaminster service.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The government believes that local authorities, working with bus operators, are best placed to determine and design local bus networks in their area, and the government does not intervene in local decisions regarding individual bus routes or services.