questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department maintains a list of which local transport authorities are seeking to make use of the franchising powers in the Bus Services Act 2025.
answerText: Decisions on whether to pursue bus franchising are for individual local transport authorities and local leaders to make, with the new powers streamlining the franchising process for those that choose to do so. The Department is committed to making bus fra...
heading: Bus Services: Franchises