Asked by: Edward Timpson (Conservative - Eddisbury)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) Cheshire East and (b) Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority received in funding from his Department through the (i) Bus Service Operator Grant and (ii) Bus Recovery Grant in each of the last five years.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
Since 2013, Cheshire East and Cheshire West & Chester have received an annual payment of £347,865 and £314,318 respectively through the Bus Service Operators Grant.
Cheshire East have been paid £2.2 million since March 2020 to support services through the pandemic, of which they were paid £1,284,863 via Covid-19 Bus Service Support Grant, £534,874 via Bus Recovery Grant and £382,682 from the Local Transport Fund.
Cheshire West and Chester have been paid almost £1.5 million since March 2020 to support services through the pandemic, of which they were paid £721,690 via Covid-19 Bus Service Support Grant, £433,300 via Bus Recovery Grant and £339,672 from the Local Transport Fund.