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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-11-01more like thismore than 2018-11-01
answering body
Department for Transport remove filter
answering dept id 27 remove filter
answering dept short name Transport remove filter
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Bus Services: North West more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2018 to Question 183872 on Bus Services: North West, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the decline in bus journeys in (a) the North West and (b) Merseyside. more like this
tabling member constituency Wallasey more like this
tabling member printed
Ms Angela Eagle more like this
uin 186958 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false remove filter
date of answer less than 2018-11-06more like thismore than 2018-11-06
answer text <p>The department has not made an assessment of the reasons for the fall in bus journeys in the North West and Merseyside.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to consider the fall in bus journeys in the context of a broader decline in overall trips. Data from the 2017 National Travel Survey shows that trips have fallen 9% since 2002 in England.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of factors that may explain the fall in bus patronage on local bus services specifically.</p><p> </p><p>These include:</p><ul><li>Congestion</li><li>Levels of car ownership</li><li>Increase in online shopping</li><li>Reductions in local authority supported services</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Wealden more like this
answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-11-06T16:29:08.737Zmore like thismore than 2018-11-06T16:29:08.737Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani more like this
tabling member
491
label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle more like this