Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the maximum increase in fares is that bus operators can introduce and still be eligible for covid-19 recovery funding for bus services.

Operators receiving the Bus Recovery Grant (BRG) are permitted to increase the cost of fares in line with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI). CPI will be determined as per the most recent published figure by the Office for National Statistics at the point of the increase.