Question follow-through · 66917
Bus Services: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Spending Review 2025 published on 11 June 2025, how much of the £750 million per year for maintaining and improving bus service will be allocated to the West Midlands.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 11 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Spending Review 2025 published on 11 June 2025, how much of the £750 million per year for maintaining and improving bus service will be allocated to the West Midlands.
16 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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16 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Government reaffirmed its commitment to investing in bus services long-term in the Spending Review by confirming additional funding from 2026/27 to maintain and improve bus services, and extend the £3 bus fare cap by over a year until March 2027. Allo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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