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Bus Services: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people travelled by bus in Greater Manchester for each year from 2010 to date; and what assessment has her Department made of trends in the level of bus travel during the current spending period.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
11 Nov 2025
Answer
17 Nov 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people travelled by bus in Greater Manchester for each year from 2010 to date; and what assessment has her Department made of trends in the level of bus travel during the current spending period.

  2. 11 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Department does not hold data on the number of people that travelled by bus in Greater Manchester. The Department does publish statistics on the number of bus journeys in Greater Manchester in the Annual Bus Statistics. These are available in Table BU...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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