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      ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4621", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Darren Jones"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/971202", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how the total financial support received by the bus industry from public funds has changed between 2015 and 2017.", "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/968808", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/968808/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The bus market in England is deregulated. Any decision to cut bus routes lies with the commercial operator. In 2016/17 £2.21 billion was provided by the Government to support bus services in England. This support includes local authority payments for supported services, and £250 million of Bus Service Operators Grant payments with £43m of this being paid directly to local authorities to run services that are socially necessary. In 2017 the Government also introduced the Bus Services Act, providing a number of tools to help improve bus services for passengers, and are working with a number of interested local authorities to determine which of the powers provided in the Act are best able to support bus networks in their local areas.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/940102/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Central and local government support for local bus services consists of payments for supported services, Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) and concessionary travel reimbursement (effectively a subsidy to concessionary passengers). In 2016/17, estimated total net support paid in England was £2.21 billion, of which £1.03 billion or 47% was for concessionary travel. In real terms, annual total net support for bus services since 2010/11 has averaged 23% more than in the 1996/97 to 2009/10 period.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Local authorities are best placed to decide how to provide supported bus services, reflecting local needs. The Government encourages local authorities, operators and local communities to work in partnership, and we have seen some excellent examples of how this can drive growth. For instance, bus usage in Bristol has increased by 42% since 2009/10 where there is a collaboration between the local authorities and the local bus operator First Bristol; whilst the Liverpool City Region Bus Alliance \u2013 between Merseytravel, Arriva and Stagecoach \u2013 has achieved impressive strong patronage growth, with the Alliance reporting that bus journeys made by all paying passengers went up by 16.2 per cent overall in the three years up to Autumn 2017.<\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/319", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Snape"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/319", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Snape"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/514685", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3687", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Rosser"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/459125", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/452122", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/452122/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<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>"}
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