Expenditure on bus services
One of the most frequently asked questions we receive is as to how much money the authority spends on supporting bus services.
The annual expenditure is detailed below:
|
Financial Year
|
Total Expenditure
|
Total Expenditure exc BSOG**
|
|
2020/21
|
£1,285,101.44
|
£1,089,553,44
|
|
2019/20
|
£1,336,727.19
|
£1,141,179.19
|
|
2018/19
|
£1,257,392.42
|
£1,061,844.42
|
|
2017/18
|
£1,328,237.39
|
£1,132,689.39
|
|
2016/17
|
£1,553,142.96
|
£1,357,594.96
|
|
2015/16
|
£1,514,938.76
|
£1,319,390.76
|
|
2014/15
|
£1,452,491.91
|
£1,252,093.91
|
Notes on above table:
- ** The Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG, and formerly Fuel Duty Rebate) is a scheme that refunds some of the Fuel Duty incurred by operators of registered local bus services in the United Kingdom.
- BSOG was devolved to local authorities from January 2014. It is added and incorporated as part of the daily contract price and the full annual allocation is provided for bus services.
- Cross boundary charges are excluded (in order to avoid double counting of expenditure with other local authorities)
- The figures shown above include contract payments to bus operators for operating local bus services. The figures do not include concessionary fares or other reimbursements for PlusBus or for tickets purchased for scholars under our school transport policy.
