Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the money transferred to local authorities from the Bus Service Operators Grant has been used (1) for sustaining bus services, and (2) to support other local authority services, since April 2012.

Bus Services Operators Grant (BSOG) spend has been published annually on GOV.UK since 1 April 2013.

Since 1 October 2013, £2.9m per annum of BSOG previously paid to local authorities for running community transport services has been devolved to local authorities. From 1 January 2014, a further £39.4m per annum of BSOG previously paid to bus operators for running tendered services (outside of London) has been devolved to individual local authorities.

BSOG grants paid to a local authority may only be used for the purposes of: supporting bus services (including community transport services run under section 19 permits) or for the provision of infrastructure supporting such services.