Bus Services: Finance

(asked on 2nd December 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to support local bus networks to maintain service levels beyond April 2022 in the event that a Bus Service Improvement Plan has not secured funding.


Answered by
Trudy Harrison Portrait
Trudy Harrison
This question was answered on 10th December 2021

The Bus Recovery Grant (BRG) will provide £226.5 million in funding to bus operators and Local Transport Authorities between August 2021 and April 2022. This funding succeeds over £1.5 billion in support provided to the sector during the pandemic through the Coronavirus Bus Service Support Grant (CBSSG).

The Government is committed to seeing the bus sector return to financial sustainability. However, we recognise the ongoing challenges faced by operators and Local Transport Authorities to maintain services and are currently working with the sector to understand how these might impact services after BRG ends and what further action might be needed.

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