Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 60183

Bus Services: Finance

Tabled: 16 June 2025
Answered: 18 June 2025

Question

Marie Goldman

Liberal DemocratChelmsford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to ensure that local councils who operate bus services will be eligible for additional grant funding without having to make continual applications.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The government has committed to reforming bus funding and moving away from competitive allocations processes. Every Local Transport Authority in England outside of London, will receive an allocation from the Local Authority Bus Grant without having to app...

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