Transport written question – answered at on 19 December 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent steps have been taken to improve bus transport.
Within the context of delivering our long-term strategy for improving bus services across the country, the most recent steps taken by the Government include:
Providing local authorities in England with the resources that allowed them to spend around £200 million in 2004–05 on bus-related infrastructure improvements.
Announcing the introduction of free concessionary fares for older and disabled people from April 2006.
Announcing the allocation of the first tranche of Transport Innovation Fund money to seven local authorities to support their development of demand management schemes.
Allocating £20 million to fund 43 Kickstart schemes.
Introducing regulations to allow local authorities to enforce bus lanes and improve their effectiveness.
In 2004–05, central and local government also provided around £1.6 billion to support local bus services.
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