Question follow-through · 10192

Public Transport: Macclesfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps with Cheshire East Council to help improve (a) buses and (b) other public transport in Macclesfield.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
23 Oct 2024
Answer
29 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps with Cheshire East Council to help improve (a) buses and (b) other public transport in Macclesfield.

  2. 23 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 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 Spee...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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