Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Bus Back Better, published on 15 March 2021, how much funding his Department has allocated to the Bus Centre of Excellence programme since its establishment; and what the budget for this programme will be in the 2023-24 financial year.

The budget will be taken from the £15m allocated for strengthening bus capacity and capability in the period 2022/23 to 2024/25.