Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 88296

Bus Services: Greater Manchester

Tabled: 5 November 2025

Answered: 17 November 2025

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op) — Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people travelled by bus in Greater Manchester for each year from 2010 to date; and what assessment has her Department made of trends in the level of bus travel during the current spending period.

Answer

Simon Lightwood

The Department does not hold data on the number of people that travelled by bus in Greater Manchester. The Department does publish statistics on the number of bus journeys in Greater Manchester in the Annual Bus Statistics. These are available in Table BU...

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