Bus Services

(asked on 13th June 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2016 to Question 39527, on bus services, what consultation he undertook on the role of municipal bus companies on the proposals in Clause 21 of the Bus Services Bill; and what research he has commissioned on the potential effects of that clause on (a) passengers and (b) the bus services market.


Answered by
Andrew Jones Portrait
Andrew Jones
This question was answered on 27th June 2016

This policy will not impact on existing municipal operators.

Currently there are only 8 existing municipal bus companies operating services in England, and we are not aware of any current plans to establish new municipal bus companies.

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