Question follow-through · 11500
Bus Services: Franchises
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that local SME bus operators are able to participate in future bus franchising schemes.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 28 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 31 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 31 Oct 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that local SME bus operators are able to participate in future bus franchising schemes.
31 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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31 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Bus Services Act 2017 already requires an authority to make a statement on how they will facilitate SMEs in service provision as part of the franchising process. On 9 September 2024, the Department consulted on updates to bus franchising guidance, the...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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