Public Transport: Coronavirus

(asked on 21st May 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 20 May (HL4129), whether their plans include the return of public transport services, following the eventual ending of restrictions on movement, broadly to levels that existed before the COVID-19 pandemic.


Answered by
Baroness Vere of Norbiton Portrait
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 3rd June 2020

The Department is working to increase services to pre-COVID levels as quickly as possible. However, capacity will remain limited for as long as social distancing is in place.

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