Richard Holden
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(2 years, 9 months ago)
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Robert Courts
As I have outlined, over £3 billion of new spend on buses is coming along during the course of this Parliament. The hon. Member is quite right to draw attention to the bus service improvement plans, and we will be able to provide some information on indicative allocations for that by the end of February.
Mr Richard Holden (North West Durham) (Con)
Buses are vital for many of my North West Durham constituents, but to put it simply, at the moment there are not enough of them and they are prohibitively expensive, especially for single-fare journeys. Will the Minister look closely at our bus back better strategy for the north-east to give us the funding and the buses we need for our communities?
Robert Courts
I know that the Buses Minister will be delighted to look at that particular strategy in the context of the overall funding the Government are providing.