Question follow-through · 902016
Bus Services: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the regularity of bus services on vulnerable users in West Dorset constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 19 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 9 Jan 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the regularity of bus services on vulnerable users in West Dorset constituency.
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jan 2025
Answer published
We know that bus services can be a lifeline for many, and are committed to delivering better, more frequent services across the country. That is why we are allocating bus funding based on need not the quality of bids. Dorset Council will receive £3.8m nex...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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