Question follow-through · 74721
Bus Services: Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure school bus travel is (a) affordable and (b) accessible in rural areas.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure school bus travel is (a) affordable and (b) accessible in rural areas.
10 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Government knows how important affordable and reliable bus services are in enabling people to get to education, particularly in rural areas. On 1 January, we introduced a £3 cap on single bus fares in England outside London to help passengers continue...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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