Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what minimum English language proficiency requirements apply to bus drivers and other frontline bus staff; and whether her Department or relevant regulators have conducted any audits or assessments in the last five years of the ability of non‑native English‑speaking staff in those roles to communicate effectively in English with passengers.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.