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Bus Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will bring forward a bus workforce strategy.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
5 Mar 2025
Answer
6 Mar 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will bring forward a bus workforce strategy.

  2. 5 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The government has no current plans to develop a bus workforce strategy. We will, however, continue to work with the bus and coach sectors to support them in being able to meet both their current and future labour requirements.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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