Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's consultation on Bus Services Act 2017: accessible information, which closed on 16 September 2018, when he plans to publish (a) his Department’s response to the consultation and (b) associated regulations.

In the 2021 National Bus Strategy, the government committed to require local bus services in Great Britain to provide onboard audible and visible information, subject to final analysis.

The provision of accessible information is monitored through the Department’s annual bus statistics survey^[1]. In March 2021, 34% of buses across Great Britain met specific criteria on the provision of audible and visible information. The statistics for 2022 are yet to be published.

We do not routinely collect statistics on the split between equipment retrofitted to vehicles and installed at the point of manufacture. We will publish the consultation response and confirm our next steps in due course.

^[1] Annual bus statistics: year ending March 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)