Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish the Senior Traffic Commissioner's Statutory Guidance on bus reliability and punctuality.

The Senior Traffic Commissioner's Statutory Document on Local Bus Services has been published for a further period of consultation on 07 April 2014, for six weeks. The document has been revised following responses received during the first consultation. The Senior Traffic Commissioner is aware that the industry is keen for the final document to be introduced. She will review the responses to the second consultation after it closes on 19 May but at this stage can not confirm the planned date of publication.