| Heading: |
Bus Services: Fares |
| Question ID: |
1818271 |
| UIN: |
64128 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-01 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5032 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Tom Gordon
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| Asking Member handle: |
tomgordonLD
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@tomgordonLD
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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 bus fare cap increase on passenger numbers. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-07 |
| 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 is investing over £150 million to deliver the new £3 cap on single bus fares in England outside London from 1 January until 31 December 2025 to help keep bus fares affordable, and as part of the Spending Review, we announced further funding... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |