Bus Services: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with local transport authorities on the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of bus drivers.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
The Department for Transport regularly meets with stakeholders, including local transport authorities, to discuss bus policy issues.
Bus services in England are predominantly run on a commercial basis by private operators who are ultimately responsible for effectively managing their workforce and the recruitment of bus drivers. However, the government will continue to work with the bus sector to support them in being able to meet both their current and future labour requirements.
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