Question follow-through · 108808

Bus Services: Passengers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2026 to Question 104865, whether her Department plans to improve the frequency and granularity of bus passenger journey data collection, including collection by calendar mon

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Department for Transport
Tabled
27 Jan 2026
Target answer date
29 Jan 2026
Answer
12 Feb 2026 · 16 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2026 to Question 104865, whether her Department plans to improve the frequency and granularity of bus passenger journey data collection, including collection by calendar mon

  2. 29 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The Department for Transport publishes bus passenger data at a range of frequencies and levels of detail. Annual local bus passenger journey statistics are published on a financial year basis, with the latest release covering April 2024 to March 2025: htt...

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