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Bus Services: Fares

Asked by Laurence TurnerLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 11 November 2024UIN 12516

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of capping single bus fares at £3 in 2025.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

On Monday 28 October, the Prime Minister confirmed that the government will introduce a new £3 cap on single bus fares in England outside London from 1 January 2025 through to 31 December 2025. The government will provide funding of over £150 million to deliver the £3 cap.

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