Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on average bus fares in (a) Aldershot constituency, (b) Hampshire and (c) England.

The information requested regarding the average cost of bus fares is not available. The Department produces quarterly bus fare statistics in the form of a local bus fares index. However, this data is not available specifically for (a) Aldershot constituency, or (b) Hampshire. Data is available for (c) England and the latest publication can be found on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-bus-fares-statistics-january-to-march-2024.