questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's response to the Transport Select Committee's report entitled Implementation of the National Bus Strategy, HC 1431, published 22 June 2023, what his Department's timescales are for the publication of new guidance on socially and economically necessary bus services.
answerText: We plan to publish new guidance on socially and economically necessary services (SENS) in this Parliament.
heading: Bus Services