Public Transport: Finance
(asked on 12th January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will increase funding for public transport services.
This question was answered on 18th January 2023
Public transport plays a key role in supporting several Government policy areas including decarbonisation, levelling up and growth.
I was delighted to visit Gateshead recently to launch the Get Around for £2 bus fare cap. We are also pushing ahead with the National Bus Strategy and the Integrated Rail Plan.
Following the confirmation of our budgets in the 2022 Autumn Statement, we are working through how we continue to deliver our priorities whilst managing the impact of inflation.