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Bus Services: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the bus fare cap increase on passenger numbers.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
1 Jul 2025
Target answer date
7 Jul 2025
Answer
7 Jul 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the bus fare cap increase on passenger numbers.

  2. 7 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The government is investing over £150 million to deliver the new £3 cap on single bus fares in England outside London from 1 January until 31 December 2025 to help keep bus fares affordable, and as part of the Spending Review, we announced further funding...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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