Question follow-through · 55011
Buses: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reviewing the regulatory framework applying to coaches.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 30 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 5 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reviewing the regulatory framework applying to coaches.
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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5 Jun 2025
Answer published
The UK coach sector was deregulated by the Transport Act 1980 and services are operated on a commercial basis without receiving government funding. Where coaches provide local bus services, they may be required to comply with the relevant legislation gove...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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