Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Department plans to give detailed feedback to local authorities which were not successful in securing Bus Service Improvement Plan Funding (BSIP); and when the next tranche of BSIP funding will be available.

The Department has provided written feedback to local authorities which were unsuccessful in securing BSIP Funding and has also offered one-to-one surgeries with these authorities to discuss this further.

Following the Autumn Statement, it is clear we all need to work to live within our budgets, and the £1.2billion made available at the 2021 Spending Review is now fully allocated. When future bus funding is announced, the updated Bus Service Improvement Plans may be assessed to ensure they are relevant and that the plans are working as intended.