Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made subsequent to the National Bus Strategy to deliver new services across Nottinghamshire.

The National Bus Strategy and subsequent guidance set out clear expectations on what Bus Service Improvement Plans should include. I can confirm that Nottinghamshire’s BSIP has been received by the Department. At the Budget we announced £1.2 billion of new dedicated funding for bus transformation deals, as part of over £3 billion of bus investment across this Parliament. We will announce details of how that funding will be allocated in due course.