Bus service improvement plans: local transport authority indicative allocations 2024 to 2025
Updated 18 December 2024
Applies to England
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On 4 October 2023, the government announced new funding of over 拢1 billion for better buses in every part of the North and Midlands.听
This will make buses more frequent, more reliable and easier to use 鈥� continuing and expanding the improvements started by the 拢1.2 billion for bus service improvement plans (BSIPs) announced in 2022 and 2023.听It is additional to continuing funding for Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) and concessionary fares.
罢丑别听Network North听plan confirmed that 鈥渢his will be money additional to the local transport, road and rail budgets allocated at the last Spending Review and additional to what those organisations were expecting for the next decade鈥�.
The allocations for the first instalment of this funding for 2024 to 2025 (below) total 拢150 million. These will be subject to local transport authorities (LTAs) continuing to work with government to agree plans to deliver ambitious improvements through up-to-date bus service improvement plans, as well as continuing to deliver enhanced partnerships with operators in their local areas or pursuing franchising.
Indicative allocations for LTAs to deliver BSIPs 鈥� third phase of allocations covering 2024 to 2025
| Local transport authority | Revenue funding (2024/25)听(拢000) |
|---|---|
| Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 拢880 |
| Blackpool Council | 拢802 |
| Cheshire East Council | 拢2,268 |
| Cheshire West and Chester Council | 拢2,031 |
| Cumberland Council[footnote 1] | 拢1,554 |
| Derby City Council[footnote 2] | 拢1,486 |
| Derbyshire County Council[footnote 2] | 拢4,519 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | 拢1,946 |
| Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 拢16,309 |
| Herefordshire Council | 拢1,064 |
| Hull City Council | 拢1,519 |
| Lancashire County Council | 拢7,025 |
| Leicester City Council | 拢2,096 |
| Leicestershire County Council | 拢4,051 |
| Lincolnshire County Council | 拢4,370 |
| Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 拢8,825 |
| Nottingham City Council[footnote 2] | 拢1,840 |
| Nottinghamshire County Council[footnote 2] | 拢4,691 |
| North East Combined Authority and North of Tyne Combined Authority[footnote 3] | 拢11,202 |
| North East Lincolnshire Council | 拢893 |
| North Lincolnshire Council | 拢965 |
| North Northamptonshire Council | 拢2,045 |
| North Yorkshire Council[footnote 4] | 拢3,500 |
| Rutland County Council | 拢233 |
| Shropshire Council | 拢1,840 |
| South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 拢7,820 |
| Staffordshire County Council | 拢4,982 |
| Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 拢1,469 |
| Tees Valley Combined Authority | 拢3,851 |
| Telford and Wrekin Council | 拢1,055 |
| Warrington Borough Council | 拢1,200 |
| Warwickshire County Council | 拢3,394 |
| Westmorland and Furness Council[footnote 1] | 拢1,289 |
| West Midlands Combined Authority | 拢16,604 |
| West Northamptonshire Council | 拢2,421 |
| West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 拢13,373 |
| Worcestershire County Council | 拢3,433 |
| City of York Council[footnote 4] | 拢1,153 |
| Total | 拢150,000 |
Funding is allocated to the current local transport authority for each area. Where further mayoral combined authorities are established, funding will instead be paid to the new combined authority.听听
Totals may not sum due to rounding.
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Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness authorities came into existence on 1 April 2023, replacing Cumbria County Council.听听鈫�听鈫�2
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Following the establishment of the new East Midlands Mayoral Combined Authority, future funding will be allocated to the combined authority.听听鈫�听鈫�2听鈫�3听鈫�4
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A single allocation has been made to the Joint Transport Committee in the North East. Following the establishment of the new North East Mayoral Combined Authority, future funding will be allocated to the combined authority.听听鈫�
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Following the establishment of the new York and North Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, future funding will be allocated to the combined authority.听听鈫�听鈫�2