Bus Services

(asked on 6th February 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing metro mayors to operate bus services.


Answered by
Guy Opperman Portrait
Guy Opperman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 14th February 2024

Metro Mayors do have the ability to franchise bus services without requiring consent, following new legislation introduced by this government in 2017.

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