Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to bring forward regulations under section 141A of the Transport Act 2000 to improve the collection of centrally held data on local coach journeys.

The government is committed to ensuring transparency in Local Transport Authority and operator service delivery. The Bus Services (No.2) Bill was introduced on 17 December as part of the government’s ambitious plan for bus reform. The Bill will amend powers in section 141A of the Transport Act 2000 to enable the Secretary of State to bring forward regulations relating to the central collection and publishing of data about local bus services – including about registration and performance. Coach journeys may fall within the scope of any regulations made, if they are operating a local service as defined in the Transport Act 1985.