Transport written question – answered at on 12 June 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department has taken to ensure that costs of public transport do not increase.
I recognise concerns passengers have about impacts of fares on household budgets, which is why for the first time in a decade average regulated rail fares have been capped at inflation for 2014.
Outside London, bus services are deregulated and fares are mainly a matter for the commercial judgement of bus operators. However, the Government has made a commitment to retain the current Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) rate for the remainder of this parliament and has frozen the fuel duty rate until May 2015.
Public transport costs in Northern Ireland are a matter for the NI Assembly.
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