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answer › answer text	%3Cp%3ELocal authorities have the power to subsidise bus services in isolated and deprived communities. This can include subsiding a service so that its hours of operation are extended. The majority of public funding for local bus services is provided via block grant to local authorities in England from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The Department for Transport provides %C2%A3250 million annually through the Bus Service Operators Grant to support bus services and supports local authority spending of %C2%A31 billion a year for free bus travel for older and disabled people.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E %3C/p%3E
min answer › question first answered	2019-03-20T16:53:20.457Z
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
max answer › date of answer	2019-05-14

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18/04/2019

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Bus Services: Finance

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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department makes available discretionary funding for the extension of operational hours of bus services in isolated and deprived communities.

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Birkenhead

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Frank Field

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25/04/2019

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<p>Local authorities have the power to subsidise bus services in isolated and deprived communities. This can include subsiding a service so that its hours of operation are extended. The majority of public funding for local bus services is provided via block grant to local authorities in England from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The Department for Transport provides £250 million annually through the Bus Service Operators Grant to support bus services and supports local authority spending of £1 billion a year for free bus travel for older and disabled people.</p><p> </p>

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Wealden

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Ms Nusrat Ghani

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25/04/2019 13:12:29

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	label	Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

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	label	Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead