Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 20 February 2023, HCWS567, how much and what proportion of funding will be allocated to (a) bus operators and (b) local transport authorities operating services in Nottingham City.

Under the extension to the Bus Recovery Grant and £2 Bus Fare Cap, up to £155m in additional funding has been made available to the bus sector. Funding is paid to both commercial bus operators and Local Transport Authorities. The majority of funding in both schemes is paid to commercial operators, and the amount each individual operator receives is commercially sensitive.

Funding allocations provided to Local Transport Authorities under both of these grants will be confirmed to them in due course. Once these allocations have been confirmed, Local Transport Authorities are free to publish this information.

Nottingham City Council and Nottingham County Council have been paid over £5.5m and almost £3m respectively in additional funding since March 2020 to support services through the pandemic, and then into the recovery phase.