Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, further to the No10 press release entitled Free bus travel 24/7 for disabled people as Prime Minister takes further action to ease cost of living, of 17 August 2026, whether this is (a) additional DWP spending, (b) spending from unallocated budgets and (c) from reductions to other budgets.

The £60 million funding for Free bus travel 24/7 for disabled people comes from existing Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Department for Transport (DfT) budgets. It is made up of a £40 million contribution from DWP, and a £20 million contribution from DfT. Budgets for 2027/28 will be agreed through DWPs internal allocations process, which will conclude ahead of the new financial year.