Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 23560
Bus Services: Franchises
Tabled: 13 January 2025
Answered: 16 January 2025
Question
Alex Mayer
Labour — Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of local authorities franchising bus services on smaller bus operators.
Answer
Simon LightwoodThe Bus Services Act 2017 contains a duty for local authorities to make a statement on how they will facilitate participation from small and medium sized operators in service provision as part of the franchising process.The Department, as part of the Impa...
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