Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2026 to Question 36436 on Bus Services: West Midlands, if she will list the specific programmes within her Department's Public Transport and Local Group that generated the underspends being used to fund the allocation in 2026-27 for the West Midlands Combined Authority to take public control of its bus network; and how much was underspent against each programme.

In 2026/27, £2.5m is being funded from pooled forecast underspends across the Public Transport and Local Group. Business planning for future financial years is underway, and specific funding lines have not yet been identified.