Question follow-through · 15909
Bus Services: Franchises
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department maintains a list of which local transport authorities are seeking to make use of the franchising powers in the Bus Services Act 2025.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 6 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 10 Jul 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department maintains a list of which local transport authorities are seeking to make use of the franchising powers in the Bus Services Act 2025.
8 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jul 2026
Answer published
Decisions on whether to pursue bus franchising are for individual local transport authorities and local leaders to make, with the new powers streamlining the franchising process for those that choose to do so. The Department is committed to making bus fra...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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