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Bus Services: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 721 on Bus Services: Concessions, what her Department’s funding contribution was to Arriva The Shires Ltd under the £2 National Bus Fare Cap scheme?

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
30 Aug 2024
Target answer date
3 Sept 2024
Answer
9 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Aug 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 721 on Bus Services: Concessions, what her Department’s funding contribution was to Arriva The Shires Ltd under the £2 National Bus Fare Cap scheme?

  2. 3 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    The £2 National Bus Fare Cap is a voluntary scheme for eligible bus operators, who are provided a bespoke funding allocation to reimburse the difference between the cap and the shadow commercial fare. It is not possible to calculate the average cost per p...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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