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Bus Services: West Midlands

Commons · Question 68520 · Tabled 16 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 24 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of bus service provision per capita in (a) Solihull Metropolitan Borough, (b) Warwickshire, (c) Worcestershire and (d) Birmingham City Council area

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 24 Jul 2025

The Department for Transport publishes statistics on vehicle distance travelled on local bus services, which can be used as a proxy for bus service provision. These figures have been combined with Office for National Statistics population estimates to ass...