Bus Service Operators Grant
(asked on 9th March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of oil prices on the uptake of the Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) by operators of commercial bus services; what the total BSOG claimed from his Department for commercial bus services was in each year since 2010-11; and what estimate he has made of BSOG payments to operators of commercial bus services in 2015-16.
BSOG is paid on a fixed rate of £0.3457 per litre and is no longer directly linked to fuel duty. As a result, changes in oil prices will not have had any direct impact on the uptake of BSOG for commercial services.
Information on the past amounts of BSOG paid for commercial services is not available. However, details of past payments of BSOG overall to individual bus operators can be found at:
The grant is demand-led; therefore the amount of BSOG to be paid out for commercial services in 2015/16 will depend upon the size of the claims that are submitted by operators; at this stage it is too early to determine for certain what this might be.