PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Bus Services: Tyne and Wear (27 May 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Government's policy is on plans by the North East Combined Authority to implement a quality contract scheme for bus services in the Tyne and Wear area.

Asked by:
Bridget Phillipson (Labour)

Although the Department issues statutory guidance on the overall process, which was last done in 2009, following changes made by the Local Transport Act 2008, passed by the then Labour Government, the Government has no role in considering or approving individual quality contract schemes.

Whether to adopt a quality contract scheme is therefore a matter for individual local authorities to determine.

Answered by:
Andrew Jones (Conservative)
2 June 2015