Bus Services: Company Liquidations
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of recent trends in the number of coach companies that have ceased trading.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
The Department recognises the importance of good transport links and this Government aims to improve connections between towns and cities across the country. We recognise the important role the coach sector can play in making these connections across the country for education, business and leisure travel.
Coaches are a deregulated sector, so commercial decisions, such as whether to cease trading, are a matter for the operators concerned. The Department does not have the data to estimate the number of coach companies that have ceased trading. We are, however, working with the sector to hear their concerns and address the challenges they face.
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