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Bus Services: Tickets

Asked by Alex MayerLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 29 April 2025UIN 47001

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department holds data on the types of tickets used by bus passengers for different journey purposes.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Department regularly considers a range of evidence when considering the typical journey purposes of bus users using different types of tickets.

Our most recent published work in this area was the evaluation of the £2 bus fare cap, published on GOV.UK in February 2025, and the research report 'Increasing bus patronage through an audience strategy', published on GOV.UK in June 2023. These reports identified the main ticket types and journey purposes of key passenger groups.

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