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Written question asked by Christopher Chope (Conservative) on Monday, 28 November 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 1 December 2016 (named day). It was answered by Andrew Jones (Conservative) on Thursday, 1 December 2016 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Bus Services

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what cost benefit analysis the Government has carried out on the potential financial risk for council taxpayers of powers being given to local authorities to reverse bus deregulation and replace it with bus franchising.

Answer

The Department for Transport published an impact assessment (IA), which analysed the potential costs and benefits of the Bus Services Bill proposals. The IA can be accessed from the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bus-services-bill-impact-assessments.

The actual costs and benefits will depend on how franchising is implemented at the local level, and the Bill requires any authority wishing to pursue franchising to produce an assessment of its proposed scheme, which will include consideration of whether the authority would be able to afford the scheme and whether it would represent value for money.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
55234
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Bus services Cost benefit analysis Franchises
Link
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