{"value":{"id":58403,"askingMemberId":1597,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2014-06-05T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2014-06-09T00:00:00","uin":"199223","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that costs of public transport do not increase.","answeringBodyId":27,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Transport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1585,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2014-06-12T00:00:00","answerText":"<p> </p><p>I recognise concerns passengers have about impacts of fares on household budgets, which is why for the first time in a decade average regulated rail fares have been capped at inflation for 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Outside London, bus services are deregulated and fares are mainly a matter for the commercial judgement of bus operators. However, the Government has made a commitment to retain the current Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) rate for the remainder of this parliament and has frozen the fuel duty rate until May 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public transport costs in Northern Ireland are a matter for the NI Assembly.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Public Transport","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/58403","method":"GET"}]}