Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 53311

Bus Services: Regulation

Tabled: 19 May 2025
Answered: 22 May 2025

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a separate regulatory structure for coach services.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The UK coach sector was deregulated by the Transport Act 1980 and services are operated on a commercial basis without receiving government funding. Where coaches provide local bus services, they may be required to comply with the relevant legislation gove...

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