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1473120

registered interest
date	24/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services and Rapid Transit Systems: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to extend additional covid-19 bus and light rail funding after October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	24678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has provided over £2 billion of support through emergency and recovery grants to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic on bus and light rail services. A further £184 million in funding has been provided to continue supporting the sector following the Covid-19 pandemic until October 2022 to give services the maximum amount of time to recover.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has also provided over £2.5 billion in new funding to support improvements to bus services and are on track to meet the commitment of £3 billion invested in buses in this Parliament. This includes over £1 billion in new funding for bus transformation deals to deliver London-style fares, infrastructure, and service improvements. It is expected that the local authorities who have been awarded indicative funding allocations to deliver their Bus Service Improvement Plans as announced in April should receive final allocations in October to coincide with the end of recovery funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 24681 question first answered 04/07/2022 13:05:31 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1473121

registered interest
date	24/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on delivering contactless pay-as-you-go ticketing commuter networks in the (a) Midlands and (b) north of England.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	24679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Recognising the ambition in the National Bus Strategy, Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail and Levelling Up White Paper, we are working to understand the costs, benefits and feasibility of improvements to local public transport ticketing, across local transport markets in England, including those in the Midlands and the North. We have asked representatives from the bus and technology sectors, as well as local authorities to develop an Outline Business Case for investments to support multi-operator bus ticketing. We are also working with the bus industry to expand the provision of contactless pay-as-you-go (PAYG) payment with provision for fares capping.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to expanding contactless PAYG ticketing on rail outside the South East to around 700 stations in regional and urban areas, including around 400 stations in the North. We will announce further details in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 04/07/2022 11:28:56 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1473122

registered interest
date	24/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of his Department's £360 million investment to transform rail ticketing outside of London and the South East has been spent to date.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	24680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>In the three months since the beginning of this Spending Review period, the programme focus has been on developing the detailed technical and commercial work to inform business cases and future procurements to transform rail ticketing.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 30/06/2022 08:57:20 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1473123

registered interest
date	24/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services and Rapid Transit Systems: Finance
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 potential impact on service provision of ending the additional £150 million additional covid-19 funding to bus and light rail services after October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	24681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has provided over £2 billion of support through emergency and recovery grants to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic on bus and light rail services. A further £184 million in funding has been provided to continue supporting the sector following the Covid-19 pandemic until October 2022 to give services the maximum amount of time to recover.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has also provided over £2.5 billion in new funding to support improvements to bus services and are on track to meet the commitment of £3 billion invested in buses in this Parliament. This includes over £1 billion in new funding for bus transformation deals to deliver London-style fares, infrastructure, and service improvements. It is expected that the local authorities who have been awarded indicative funding allocations to deliver their Bus Service Improvement Plans as announced in April should receive final allocations in October to coincide with the end of recovery funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 24678 question first answered 04/07/2022 13:05:31 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1473124

registered interest
date	24/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Passengers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of trends in bus passenger volumes in England.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	24682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of promoting the return of passengers to public transport following the pandemic and is engaging regularly with the bus and coach sector to assess how it can best support the sector’s recovery from the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Data for the week commencing 13th June suggests that bus passenger volumes in Great Britain outside London were at around 80% of levels seen in the third week of January 2020 (the pre-Covid reference week).</p><p> </p><p>Passenger volumes for buses in London were also at around 80% of pre-Covid levels. Both of these figures have been relatively stable over the last 6 months, but have increased since the equivalent period in 2021, when passenger volumes were around 60-65% of pre-Covid levels. The full data series going back to March 2020 can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/transport-use-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/transport-use-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not routinely collect data on coach passenger volumes but the Department's National Travel Survey contains information about trends in public transport usage. This includes trends in bus use in London, other local bus use outside London, and non-local bus usage (a proxy for coach usage). The latest data from the survey can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-travel-survey-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-travel-survey-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government provided around £2bn to support the bus sector during the pandemic. The Government is committed to delivering improvements to bus services around the country and is meeting its commitments set out in the National Bus Strategy, one of which includes supporting the sector to proactively promote the use of buses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 24683 24684 24685 question first answered 04/07/2022 13:17:20 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1473125

registered interest
date	24/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Passengers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of trends in coach passenger volumes in England.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	24683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of promoting the return of passengers to public transport following the pandemic and is engaging regularly with the bus and coach sector to assess how it can best support the sector’s recovery from the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Data for the week commencing 13th June suggests that bus passenger volumes in Great Britain outside London were at around 80% of levels seen in the third week of January 2020 (the pre-Covid reference week).</p><p> </p><p>Passenger volumes for buses in London were also at around 80% of pre-Covid levels. Both of these figures have been relatively stable over the last 6 months, but have increased since the equivalent period in 2021, when passenger volumes were around 60-65% of pre-Covid levels. The full data series going back to March 2020 can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/transport-use-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/transport-use-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not routinely collect data on coach passenger volumes but the Department's National Travel Survey contains information about trends in public transport usage. This includes trends in bus use in London, other local bus use outside London, and non-local bus usage (a proxy for coach usage). The latest data from the survey can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-travel-survey-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-travel-survey-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government provided around £2bn to support the bus sector during the pandemic. The Government is committed to delivering improvements to bus services around the country and is meeting its commitments set out in the National Bus Strategy, one of which includes supporting the sector to proactively promote the use of buses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 24682 24684 24685 question first answered 04/07/2022 13:17:20 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1473126

registered interest
date	24/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Passengers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage passenger levels to (a) return to and (b) exceed pre-pandemic levels on buses.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	24684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of promoting the return of passengers to public transport following the pandemic and is engaging regularly with the bus and coach sector to assess how it can best support the sector’s recovery from the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Data for the week commencing 13th June suggests that bus passenger volumes in Great Britain outside London were at around 80% of levels seen in the third week of January 2020 (the pre-Covid reference week).</p><p> </p><p>Passenger volumes for buses in London were also at around 80% of pre-Covid levels. Both of these figures have been relatively stable over the last 6 months, but have increased since the equivalent period in 2021, when passenger volumes were around 60-65% of pre-Covid levels. The full data series going back to March 2020 can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/transport-use-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/transport-use-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not routinely collect data on coach passenger volumes but the Department's National Travel Survey contains information about trends in public transport usage. This includes trends in bus use in London, other local bus use outside London, and non-local bus usage (a proxy for coach usage). The latest data from the survey can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-travel-survey-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-travel-survey-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government provided around £2bn to support the bus sector during the pandemic. The Government is committed to delivering improvements to bus services around the country and is meeting its commitments set out in the National Bus Strategy, one of which includes supporting the sector to proactively promote the use of buses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 24682 24683 24685 question first answered 04/07/2022 13:17:20 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1473128

registered interest
date	24/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Passengers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage passenger levels to (a) return to and (b) exceed pre-pandemic levels on coaches.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	24685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of promoting the return of passengers to public transport following the pandemic and is engaging regularly with the bus and coach sector to assess how it can best support the sector’s recovery from the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Data for the week commencing 13th June suggests that bus passenger volumes in Great Britain outside London were at around 80% of levels seen in the third week of January 2020 (the pre-Covid reference week).</p><p> </p><p>Passenger volumes for buses in London were also at around 80% of pre-Covid levels. Both of these figures have been relatively stable over the last 6 months, but have increased since the equivalent period in 2021, when passenger volumes were around 60-65% of pre-Covid levels. The full data series going back to March 2020 can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/transport-use-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/transport-use-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not routinely collect data on coach passenger volumes but the Department's National Travel Survey contains information about trends in public transport usage. This includes trends in bus use in London, other local bus use outside London, and non-local bus usage (a proxy for coach usage). The latest data from the survey can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-travel-survey-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-travel-survey-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government provided around £2bn to support the bus sector during the pandemic. The Government is committed to delivering improvements to bus services around the country and is meeting its commitments set out in the National Bus Strategy, one of which includes supporting the sector to proactively promote the use of buses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 24682 24683 24684 question first answered 04/07/2022 13:17:20 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1473184

registered interest
date	24/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Concessions
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 22 June to Question 19580 on Railways: Concessions, whether his Department undertakes cross-data analysis with the Ministry of Defence to ensure that people applying for veterans railcards are veterans.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	24553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>The documents needed to apply for a Veteran’s Railcard are set out on the Veteran’s Railcard Website: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.veterans-railcard.co.uk%2Fare-you-eligible%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CBukky.Akinbola%40dft.gov.uk%7C2fb060e9e92646b03b1608da583fe8a6%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C637919328744086507%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Kyya5nXJ1nQkpb6jjCQmw0YzqmsSaOAIM%2B4pgmdpzKA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.veterans-railcard.co.uk/are-you-eligible/</a></p><p>Verifying the eligibility of applicants and the validity of their documents is a matter for the Rail Delivery Group (RDG). The department is not responsible for processing railcard applications and does not, therefore, conduct cross-data analysis with the Ministry of Defence on Veteran’s Railcard applications.</p><p>We urge anyone who is aware of any incidences of fraud to contact the RDG and relevant authorities.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 30/06/2022 09:00:36 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1472027

registered interest
date	21/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: North Shropshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take steps to help ensure that councils provide access to bus services for isolated communities in North Shropshire constituency.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	22612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>I recognise the importance of transport provision in rural and isolated areas and we as a Government are committed to finding solutions which ensure that local communities in areas such as those in North Shropshire have viable and improved transport services.</p><p>We have provided nearly £1.86bn in emergency and recovery grant funding for bus services in England outside London to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic. Shropshire Council has so far received a total of £2.17m. Shropshire have also been allocated a further £558,906 through the Local Transport Fund, to continue supporting bus services from April until October, as well as £512,447 in funding from the £42m LTA Bus Service Operators Grant in 2020-21.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 28/06/2022 09:20:35 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan