Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of capping single bus fares at £3 in 2025.

On Monday 28 October, the Prime Minister confirmed that the government will introduce a new £3 cap on single bus fares in England outside London from 1 January 2025 through to 31 December 2025. The government will provide funding of over £150 million to deliver the £3 cap.