Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Local Authorities made applications for funding under the Bus Back Better schemes; how many of these applications have been accepted; and what steps they have taken, if any, to support previously unsuccessful applicant Authorities to ensure their schemes meet the specified criteria.

As requested in the National Bus Strategy, all 79 English Local Transport Authorities outside London have submitted Bus Service Improvement Plans.

Those plans are being assessed against criteria including bus priority measures and targeted fares reductions, as set out in the National Bus Strategy. We will announce details of BSIP indicative funding allocations in due course.