Question follow-through · 57244
Public Transport: Night-time Economy
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve night-time public transport to support the night-time economy.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 4 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 9 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve night-time public transport to support the night-time economy.
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jun 2025
Answer published
The government knows that public transport is vital to keeping communities connected, including at night to support the nighttime economy. The government introduced the Bus Services (No.2) Bill on 17 December to put the power over local bus services back ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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