| Heading: |
Bus Services: Fares |
| Question ID: |
1816659 |
| UIN: |
62741 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4591 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sarah Olney
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| Asking Member handle: |
sarahjolney1
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@sarahjolney1
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in the bus fare cap on (a) small businesses and (b) workers in rural areas. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-01 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4943 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Simon Lightwood
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| Answering Member handle: |
simonlightwood
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@simonlightwood
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| Answer text: |
The government recognises the importance of affordable public transport in keeping people connected and ensuring they can access their local towns.On 1 January, the government introduced a £3 cap on single bus fares in England outside London until 31 Dece... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |