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registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Bus Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funds for the new powers to bring about change and unlock the potential for the bus industry to achieve more for passengers as set out in the Bus Services Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	195687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State meets with ministers, including HMT ministers, regularly to discuss a range of issues relating to local government. Local authorities in England outside London spend over £1 billion a year on bus services. Over the five year period from 2015-16 to 2019-20 councils will have access to more than £200 billion, after the Autumn 2018 budget.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 04/12/2018 15:45:57 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

459125

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Finance
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 effects on rural communities of disbursements from the community transport minibus fund.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	904029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>The Community Transport Minibus Fund will provide over 300 organisations with a new minibus so that they can continue to provide vital services to help elderly residents, people with learning and physical disabilities and those who do not have access to a commercial bus service.</p><p> </p><p>Approximately one third of the organisations obtaining vehicles through the Fund are based in rural areas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Mr Patrick McLoughlin question first answered 10/03/2016 12:46:15 answering member 333 label Biography information for Lord McLoughlin
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

452122

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Finance
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 the effect of recent changes to funding of bus services on the provision of those services.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	26741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>Decisions about the provision of bus services requiring subsidy remain a matter for individual English local authorities, in the light of their other spending priorities.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of public funding for local bus services is from the block grant that local authorities in England receive from the Department for Communities and Local Government. However, my Department also provides around £40m of Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) funding directly to English local authorities to help deliver bus services.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/02/2016 15:17:33 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

439028

registered interest
date	16/12/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the organisations awarded funding from the Community Transport Minibus Fund in March 2015 have received (a) a vehicle and (b) that funding.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	20358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>In March 2015, 310 organisations were announced has having successful bids under the Community Transport Minibus Fund. The specific requirements of each organisation were then individually assessed.</p><br /><p>76 of those organisations whose vehicle requirements are very specific have been identified for grant funding. 47 have received a 10% deposit for their vehicle and of those, 6 have received the full balance as their vehicle is ready for delivery.</p><p>A procurement competition is currently open to provide a further 210 vehicles through Crown Commercial Services’ vehicle conversion and vehicle purchase frameworks, to ensure value for money.</p><br /><p>The remaining vehicle requirements are being discussed individually as they are either outside the scope of the fund or their requirements have change.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 05/01/2016 15:35:43 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

425479

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reduction was in his Department's support for bus funding in England in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	14281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The majority of public funding for local bus services is via block grant provided to local authorities in England from the Department for Communities and Local Government.</p><br /><p>In 2014-15 my Department provided funding of around £250 million in Bus Service Operators Grant, of which over £40 million per year is now paid direct to authorities to help support bus services. This figure excludes some £93 million a year previously paid to bus operators for running bus services under franchise to Transport for London (TfL) in London, which is now incorporated into the general grant paid to TfL and the Greater London Authority.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/11/2015 11:44:50 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner