Question follow-through · 75226
Bus Services: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will have discissions with Dorset Council on the adequacy of the scheduling of the X53 Weymouth College to Axminster service.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will have discissions with Dorset Council on the adequacy of the scheduling of the X53 Weymouth College to Axminster service.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2025
Answer published
The government believes that local authorities, working with bus operators, are best placed to determine and design local bus networks in their area, and the government does not intervene in local decisions regarding individual bus routes or services.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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12 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of step-free access for (a) disabled passengers, (b) older residents and (c) families with children at Dorchester South Station.
Dorchester South Station: Access
12 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Dorchester South station will be prioritised for funding under the Access for All programme following the feasibility study.
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12 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to announce the outcome of the feasibility study into step-free access at Dorchester South station.
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