Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he publish the (a) operators, (b) services and (c) number of passengers affected in each local area that have served the Traffic Commissioner's Office with an intention to change or cancel a bus service in each of the last six months.

The Government recognises the vital importance of bus services to local economies and communities across the country. We have provided over £1.5bn to maintain essential local bus services outside London since March 2020, ensuring that people can continue to get to work, school, and shops safely and easily.

All local bus services in Great Britain (outside of London and those which operate wholly within Hertfordshire) are required to be registered with the Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain.

The details of all operators who have provided notice of their intention to register, vary or cancel local bus services are published, in accordance with Regulations, in the document ‘Notices and Proceedings’ for the relevant traffic area.

In addition to the statutory publication, the Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain publish details of all local services and variations weekly at: Traffic Commissioners: local bus service registration - data.gov.uk

The Traffic Commissioners also publish an annual report which shows the number of new, varied, and cancelled local bus services by area in table 13 - https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/traffic-commissioners-annual-reports

There is no requirement for an operator to provide details of the number of passengers carried on a particular service.