East Riding Council - Bus Service Subsidies

IN OUR ARTICLE Save Our Buses in July 2011, HU12 reported information from the Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) that in the East Riding, transport funding was cut by nearly £3 million in 2010/11. The CBT claim that transport budget cuts by the Council are close to £7K in 2011/12.

Following a Freedom of Information request the CBT has received the following information update on this from the East Riding Council which reveals that despite a 13.9% cut in Government funding for subsidising bus services, the East Riding Council has managed to preserve services.

The amount spent by the Council on subsidising bus services in the last financial year was £1,883,035. This will increase to £1,962,000 this year. No services have been lost due to subsidy cuts. However, the Council does point out that three services on the commercial network - which carried over 26,000 passengers - (i.e. non-subsidised services) have been cut and "work is ongoing to ensure all villages still have some bus connections."

You can view the Freedom of Information request and full response at WhatDoTheyKnow.com.