Question follow-through · 31172
Public Transport: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve public transport links in towns where bus services have been reduced.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 26 Feb 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve public transport links in towns where bus services have been reduced.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Feb 2025
Answer published
Transport in Scotland is devolved to the Scottish Government. With respect to bus services in England, the government introduced the Bus Services (No.2) Bill on 17 December as part of its ambitious plan for bus reform. The Bill puts the power over local b...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority on airport owners increasing (a) airport and (b) drop-off charges above the cost of inflation.
Buses: Franchises
9 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to support local authorities with bus franchising.