Written question asked by Maria Eagle (Labour) on Monday, 23 July 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 4 September 2018. It was answered by Nusrat Ghani (Conservative) on Monday, 10 September 2018 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive: Finance

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to Merseytravel for supported bus services in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: Up until 31 December 2013 Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) was paid directly to bus operators and was not split between commercially run or subsidised bus services. We are therefore unable to provide figures for this period. From 1 January 2014 local authorities have received funding equivalent to the level of BSOG which would otherwise have been paid to operators for running subsidised services in 2014. Details of the amounts paid to local authorities each year can be found on the “Payments to Local Authorities” tab of the relevant spreadsheets published at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bus-services-grants-and-funding#bsog-spend

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