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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/304", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people travelled by bus in (1) 2015, and (2) 2017, in (a) London, (b) the Metropolitan areas, and (3) the shire counties.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2483", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Bradshaw"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/971202", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/971202/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Total net support (at current prices) by central and local government for local bus services in 2015/16 was £2.202 billion. The latest available statistics for 2016/17 show that this figure was £2.207 billion.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>This support consists of payments for supported services, Bus Service Operators Grant, and concessionary travel reimbursement.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4584", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Sugg"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of Transport for London on the timeframe for the order for new trains for the Piccadilly Line.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/318", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Spellar"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "John Spellar"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/971328", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/971328/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>All passengers are entitled to and encouraged to apply for Delay Repay compensation from their train operator. Both train operators, Northern and TransPennine Express will also be opening an additional compensation scheme to ensure that people who travelled regularly on the disrupted routes, but without a season ticket, will be eligible for compensation. This was announced at the end of July by Transport for the North, which is leading on the design of the scheme. Further details will be announced shortly by Transport for the North and the train operators.<\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/971329/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Bus operators must register their services with a traffic commissioner in the traffic area in which the service operates. The traffic commissioner operates a live system. The number of bus services at a local authority level is only provided for the current point in time. However, data is held for previous years at a regional level.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Whilst the data is not held to the level and time period requested, the table below shows the number of live local bus registrations in the North Western Traffic Area as at 31 March of each year.<\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong>Live local bus service registrations in the North Western Traffic Area, as at 31 March, 2008 to 2018<\/strong><\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year<\/p><\/td><td><p>Live local bus registrations<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2008<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,241<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2009<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,268<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,159<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,256<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,144<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,926<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2014<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,404<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2015<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,490<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,274<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2017<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,544<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2018<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,353<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><em>Source: Traffic Commissioners' annual reports<\/em><\/p><p> <\/p><p>Local authorities are best placed to manage changes in their local bus network. The Bus Services Act 2017 gives them additional powers to do so through partnership working with commercial operators. It also gives Mayoral Combined authorities the automatic right to franchise their bus network and the Department for Transport can also grant these powers to other local authorities who make a satisfactory business case. The Department is also developing regulations to require bus operators and local transport authorities to provide data, in open formats, about local bus services including routes and timetable data; fares and ticket data; and real time information. We are working closely with industry to develop the regulations and it is intended the requirements will be phased in over the next few years.<\/p>"}
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