Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to encourage the public to make greater use of bus travel following the covid-19 outbreak.

The Department is working closely with operators and local transport authorities to support measures to increase passenger safety and confidence, and encourage a return to the bus and rail networks.

We published the National Bus Strategy in March 2021, setting out how we want to see bus services transformed, and all local areas in England outside London have published Bus Service Improvement Plans (BSIPs). There will be £3 billion of investment in buses across this Parliament, including £1.2 billion of dedicated funding for bus transformation deals.