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Bus Services: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage more women to take up careers in the bus industry.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
9 Oct 2024
Target answer date
14 Oct 2024
Answer
17 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage more women to take up careers in the bus industry.

  2. 14 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The government is committed to delivering better bus services for passengers and it is essential that we ensure the sector better represents the people that it serves. Whilst it is the responsibility of individual bus operators to ensure they can recruit ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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