Bus Services: Fares
(asked on 17th February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of bus services that will cease following the end of the £2 fare cap on 31 March.
This question was answered on 22nd February 2023
On Friday 17 February, we announced that we will provide up to £75 million to extend the £2 bus fare cap until 30 June 2023.
To help maintain bus services, we also announced on 17 February that we will provide £80 million to extend the Bus Recovery Grant until 30 June 2023. This will help to continue to protect vital bus services and take Government support for the bus sector to over £2 billion since March 2020.