Question follow-through · 10851
Bus Services: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support bus services in rural areas.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 23 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 30 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support bus services in rural areas.
28 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Oct 2024
Answer published
Good local bus services are an essential part of prosperous and sustainable communities. As announced in the King’s Speech on 17 July 2024, the government will introduce a Buses Bill later this parliamentary session, which will put decision-making into th...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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