Select committee: Transport Committee
8th Report - Mobility as a Service
HC 590
Published 19 December 2018
Transport Committee Mobility as a Service inquiry Report on parliament.uk ↗
At a glanceGovernment response published 4 March 2019
The government's response
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.
The Government welcomes the opportunity MaaS presents and responds to the Committee's recommendations by describing existing and planned work, while noting that precisely what MaaS is "remains a point of debate".
- On strategy, the Department says it will publish a Future of Urban Mobility Strategy in early 2019 that will outline its approach to ensuring technologies and trends, "including MaaS", develop in line with its priorities.
- On funding for trials, it says £90m for 'Future Mobility Zones' was announced at Budget, with further detail "in early 2019". It states "We agree with the Committee" that MaaS should be tested across multiple modes and areas.
- On the proposed "no data, no service" policy, the Government does not adopt it. It "recognise[s] the importance of access to data" and describes a work programme, with Bus Services Act regulations "due to be laid in Summer 2019".
- On regulation, it says it has "committed to undertaking a thorough regulatory review of all relevant legislation", with further details to be announced alongside the Future of Urban Mobility Strategy.
What the committee recommended
No recommendations or conclusions have been extracted from this report. This is normal for correspondence and for special reports.
Sources
- 8th Report - Mobility as a Service ↗The committee's report, HC 590, parliament.uk
- 8th Special Report - Mobility as a Service: Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report ↗The government's response, 4 March 2019, parliament.uk