Question follow-through · 7590
Buses: Driving
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing skills bootcamps for the public service vehicles sector that mirror those available to HGV drivers.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 8 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing skills bootcamps for the public service vehicles sector that mirror those available to HGV drivers.
10 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises that the bus and coach sector has had issues recruiting and retaining drivers in recent years and is considering a number of measures to support driver recruitment. We are taking time to fully assess the challenges around driver ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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