Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 71514

Bus Services: Finance

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Richard Foord

Liberal DemocratHoniton and Sidmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the difference in per capita bus funding between rural and urban areas.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Government recognises that different areas have different characteristics and needs for their local bus network. The Government has committed to reforming bus funding to create a fairer and simpler system for bus funding that takes into account local ...

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