Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 69437

Bus Services: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with local transport authorities on the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of bus drivers.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Department for Transport regularly meets with stakeholders, including local transport authorities, to discuss bus policy issues. Bus services in England are predominantly run on a commercial basis by private operators who are ultimately responsible fo...
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