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715780

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to ensure that bus companies undertake a public consultation with passengers before submitting the required 56 days' notice for route changes to the Traffic Commissioner for Great Britain.
tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
tabling member printed	Tom Tugendhat
uin	69912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to make it a requirement for operators to undertake a public consultation before submitting notice to the Traffic Commissioner. The provision of bus services and how to consult with passengers before making any changes to routes lies with individual operators.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 20/04/2017 14:49:41 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat

692043

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to protect local bus services when such services are discontinued by private bus companies due to concerns over profitability.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	64431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>It is for individual local authorities to decide whether to subsidise bus services that are not commercially viable but which they consider socially necessary, balancing this need against their other funding priorities.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 27/02/2017 14:40:27 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

692055

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2017 to Question 63176, what information his Department holds on the number of quality partnership schemes that were in place between 2010 and 2016.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	64602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The development and implementation of quality partnership schemes is primarily a matter for individual local authorities, working with their local bus operators, and so my Department does not hold information on the precise number of schemes. However, the post legislative assessment of the Local Transport Act 2008 and the Impact Assessment of the Bus Services Bill, as referred to in my previous answer of 14 February 2017, do contain some information on existing schemes.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 28/02/2017 13:49:58 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

692056

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2017 to Question 63176, what assessment he has made of the effect that quality partnership schemes have had on local bus (a) patronage, (b) mileage and (c) fares.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	64603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The impacts on patronage, mileage and fares that are directly attributable to a quality partnership scheme – rather than influenced by other factors – can be difficult to identify. The assessment of the performance of individual quality partnerships schemes is primarily a matter for the local authorities that have introduced them and it is for them, working in co-operation with their local bus operators, to determine whether the objectives of individual schemes are being met.</p><p> </p><p>However, in autumn 2015, the Department held a number of workshops on options to reform the legal framework for bus services. Discussions at these events, and more widely, suggest that both local authorities and bus operators found that partnership schemes have usually achieved or exceeded their objectives.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 28/02/2017 13:52:54 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

692057

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2017 to Question 63176, and with reference in the post-legislative assessment of the Local Transport Act 2008 to quality partnership schemes having been seen to be beneficial, what those benefits are.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	64604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The benefits of quality partnerships vary from scheme to scheme but are generally aimed at improving the quality and/or reliability of local bus services. This primarily benefits passengers who use the services concerned. As stated in the post-legislative assessment of the Local Transport Act 2008, partnerships can also result in other benefits, such as growth in patronage, better value for money and improvements in the efficiency and effectiveness of bus networks.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 28/02/2017 14:17:07 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

685589

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of quality partnership schemes between 2010 and 2016.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	63176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>The post legislative assessment of the Local Transport Act 2008, published in November 2013, includes an assessment of how the Quality Partnership Scheme measures have been operating. It can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259164/pla-lta2008.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259164/pla-lta2008.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>A further assessment of the effectiveness of existing legislative tools for improving local bus markets, including Quality Partnership Scheme provisions, was included as part of the Impact Assessment that accompanies the Bus Services Bill. The impact assessment was published in June 2016 and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/558392/the-bus-services-bill-impact-assessments.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/558392/the-bus-services-bill-impact-assessments.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 14/02/2017 11:16:32 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

683080

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of advanced quality partnership schemes between 2010 and 2016.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	62664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>Advanced quality partnerships schemes do not yet exist. They are a proposal at Clause 1 of the Bus Services Bill to build upon the existing quality partnership scheme mechanism introduced by the Transport Act 2000.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 06/02/2017 11:50:37 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

679786

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bus services have been withdrawn in the top 10 most (a) rural and (b) urban parliamentary constituencies.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	62093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not collect any information on the number of bus services that have been withdrawn in each parliamentary constituency.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 01/02/2017 14:24:24 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

679157

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for trends in lost scheduled bus mileage since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	61940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>Since 2011/12, bus miles on local bus services in England outside London have fallen by 6 per cent. This decrease has been driven by a 34 per cent fall in local authority supported mileage since 2011/12. In contrast, commercial mileage on local bus services in England outside London is 2 per cent higher than in 2011/12.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2011/12, bus miles on local bus services in London have remained relatively unchanged with a 0.5 per cent increase.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics do not reflect changes in the use of those community transport services which, because of their nature, are not registered as local bus services. Some local authorities have chosen to support these services as an alternative to more traditional bus routes. The Government is supporting community transport by providing over 300 local charities and community groups with new minibuses through the £25m Community Minibus Fund. The Government also pays out over £3.5 million a year through the Bus Service Operators Grant system to help support individual community transport operators.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 03/02/2017 10:26:51 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

677604

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) representations he has received and (b) discussions he has had with the relevant local authority on support or extra funding for people affected by closure of the number 30 bus route in Hemsworth constituency; and what provision his Department makes available for (i) people and (ii) local communities affected by the discontinuance of (A) rural or (B) other local bus fare provision.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	61160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>I am not aware of any representations or discussions with myself or my Department on the number 30 bus service in Hemsworth.</p><p> </p><p>However, where a commercial bus operator decides to discontinue a particular service, it is open to the local authority to decide to support that service itself and to invite other bus operators to tender to run that service in future. My department devolves over £2 million of funding to West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive each year under the Bus Service Operators Grant system, which can be used by the authority to support bus services, including those which are under threat of closure.</p><p> </p><p>I understand that the West Yorkshire Combined Authority has now decided to support this service itself, and that the number 30 will continue but run by another operator.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 26/01/2017 13:38:03 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett