Bus Services: Yorkshire and the Humber

(asked on 22nd November 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to support rural bus services in (a) Selby and Ainsty constituency and (b) Yorkshire.


Answered by
Guy Opperman Portrait
Guy Opperman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 29th November 2023

The Government is investing over £2 billion in funding for Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) to deliver their Bus Service Improvement Plans (BSIPs). This includes £1 billion from redirected HS2 funding to level up bus services in the North and Midlands as part of Network North.

The support provided for bus services (including rural bus services) in Yorkshire is £137million. This includes:

Area

BSIP funding up to March 2025 (£million)

BSIP (Plus) funding up to March 2025 (£million)

Network North BSIP funding up to March 2025 (£million)

North Yorkshire council

2.9

3.5

East Riding of Yorkshire council

2.3

1.9

Hull City council

1.5

1.5

South Yorkshire MCA

6.3

7.8

West Yorkshire CA

70

7.8

13.4

City of York council

17.4

1.2

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