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Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of (a) the average mileage of buses and (b) bus passenger numbers in the last (i) 12 months, (ii) two years, (iii) five years and (iv) 10 years.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
27 Nov 2024
Target answer date
29 Nov 2024
Answer
3 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of (a) the average mileage of buses and (b) bus passenger numbers in the last (i) 12 months, (ii) two years, (iii) five years and (iv) 10 years.

  2. 29 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The number of vehicle miles and passenger journeys on local bus services is available in the Annual Bus Statistics. In the table below we have calculated the average annual vehicle miles and passenger journeys on local bus services in England for the past...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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