Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 74262

Bus Services: Finance

Tabled: 2 September 2025

Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press release entitled Government protects thousands of miles of bus services from being scrapped, published on 3 June 2025, whether her Department plans to provide additional funding to l

Answer

Simon Lightwood

Repealing the ban on establishing new local authority bus companies (LABCos) will give local leaders the freedom and flexibility to establish a bus company that matches the needs of their passengers, their aims and ambitions for the network, and the avail...

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