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Bus Services: English Language

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 29 April 2026UIN 129641

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what minimum English language proficiency requirements apply to bus drivers and other frontline bus staff; and whether her Department or relevant regulators have conducted any audits or assessments in the last

Answered by Simon Lightwood

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

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