Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 192660

Bus Services: Fares

Tabled: 5 July 2023
Answered: 10 July 2023

Question

Rachael Maskell

Labour (Co-op) — York Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the bus cap to match London bus ticket prices.

Answer

Mr Richard Holden
The Department for Transport’s interim report evaluating the first month of the £2 bus fare cap found that 10% of survey respondents stated that they were making more bus journeys since the scheme started, and around a third felt that the fare cap had had...
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