| Heading: |
Buses: Fares |
| Question ID: |
1753857 |
| UIN: |
902026 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5197 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst
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| Asking Member handle: |
drnshastrihurst
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@drnshastrihurst
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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 increasing bus fares on customers. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-09 |
| 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 previous bus fare cap was unfunded beyond 2024. The Government is stepping in and investing over £150 million to ensure single bus fares in England outside London remain capped at £3 throughout 2025. The cap ensures that millions can continue to trave... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |