Question follow-through · 23558
Buses: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a single Public Service Operator licence for each traffic area in England.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a single Public Service Operator licence for each traffic area in England.
15 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2025
Answer published
Under current arrangements, licensing for Public Service Vehicle (PSV) operators in Great Britain is divided into eight traffic areas. No entity can hold more than one PSV licence in any single traffic area (except in the case of Special Restricted licenc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Road Works: Utilities
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Bus Services: Rural Areas
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Bus Services: Rural Areas
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