Question follow-through · 8068
Bus Services: Cheshire East
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to help Cheshire East Council scrutinise the performance of local bus companies.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 8 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 10 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to help Cheshire East Council scrutinise the performance of local bus companies.
10 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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14 Oct 2024
Answer published
Improving local transport services is a key part of this government’s growth mission, and the government has set out plans to deliver better bus services, grow passenger numbers and drive opportunity to under-served regions. As announced in the King’s Spe...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Bus Services: Cheshire East
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Public Transport: Macclesfield
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Driving Tests: Training
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Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete
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Aviation: Training
15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the recommendations set out in her Department’s 2023 policy document entitled ‘Options for addressing the cost of pilot training’, including (a) enabling trainee pilots to access
Aviation: Training
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of financial barriers on people who wish to train as commercial airline pilots.
Driving Tests: Macclesfield
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time was for a practical car driving test at Macclesfield Test Centre in the most recent month for which data is available.