Select Committee · Transport Committee

National bus strategy: one year on

Status: Closed Opened: 4 Mar 2022 Closed: 22 Jun 2023 8 recommendations 10 conclusions 1 report

A Transport Select Committee inquiry to scrutinise the implementation of the Government’s national bus strategy. as set out in Bus Back Better: national bus strategy for England published in March 2021 and to examine the challenges faced by the sector as it recovers from the pandemic. Read the call for evidence for more details on …

Reports

1 report

Title	HC No.	Published	Items	Response
Fourth Report - Implementation of the National Bus Strategy	HC 161	30 Mar 2023	18	Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

4 Conclusion Fourth Report - Implementation of the N… Deferred

We continue to be concerned about the capacity of smaller local transport authorities to compete...

We continue to be concerned about the capacity of smaller local transport authorities to compete on an even playing field with larger authorities in competitive bidding processes. We welcome the Government’s attempts to support less successful authorities, but this funding does not seem to have fixed the problem. If the …

Government response. The government cannot confirm the exact content of the reformed BSOG until they have analysed evidence gathered through responses to the consultation.

Department for Transport

Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions

Date	Witnesses
29 Jun 2022	Stephen Fidler · Department for Transport, The Baroness Vere of Norbiton · Department for Transport	View ↗
8 Jun 2022	Alistair Hands · Arriva Group, Martin Dean · Go-Ahead Group, Mr Peter Freedman · Switch Mobility, Paul Turner · Transdev Blazefield Ltd, Tanya Sinclair · Chargepoint	View ↗
18 May 2022	Councillor David Renard · Local Government Association, Councillor Steven Broadbent · Buckinghamshire Council, Councillor Tony Page · Reading Borough Council, Linda McCord · Transport Focus, Peter Bond · Transport for the West Midlands, Peter Hardy · Integrated Transport Planning	View ↗

Correspondence

2 letters

Date	Direction	Title
12 Oct 2022	—	Correspondence from Minister of State for Roads, Buses and Places, Department f…
7 Sep 2022	—	Correspondence from the Minister for Roads, Buses and Places, Department for Tr…