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Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timescales are for considering local bus service improvement plans.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
17 Apr 2025
Target answer date
23 Apr 2025
Answer
29 Apr 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timescales are for considering local bus service improvement plans.

  2. 23 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Bus Service Improvement Plans (BSIPs) are developed by Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) and set out the vision, objectives and delivery plans of LTAs and their partners to drive improvements to local bus services. While the government expects BSIPs to b...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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