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Bus service improvement plans: local transport authority final allocations 2022 to 2025

Updated 8 August 2025

Applies to England

Funding allocations for local transport authorities to provide bus service improvements throughout England, excluding London.

The funding for 2025 to 2026 comprises:

  • £670 million to enable Local Transport Authorities to deliver their bus service improvement plans (BSIPs)
  • £285 million for the Bus ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôº Operators Grant (BSOG) to protect existing services and support service delivery
  • £151 million to continue the National Bus Fare Cap at £3, beginning in January 2025 through to 31 December 2025

Local transport authority allocations

Name LTA BSIP+ allocation (2024 to 2025) LTA BSIP+ allocation (2023 to 2024) LTA previous BSIP allocation (2022 to 2025)
Bedford Borough Council £546,757 £546,757 £ - Ìý Ìý
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council £470,171 £470,171 £3,722,320 Ìý Ìý
Blackpool Council £506,488 £506,488 £ - Ìý Ìý
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council £617,511 £617,511 £8,858,430 Ìý Ìý
Bracknell Forest Council £325,716 £325,716 £ - Ìý Ìý
Brighton and Hove City Council £ - £ - £27,854,330 Ìý Ìý
Buckinghamshire Council £1,310,333 £1,310,333 £ - Ìý Ìý
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority £2,314,172 £2,314,172 £ - Ìý Ìý
Central Bedfordshire Council £350,457 £350,457 £3,724,719 Ìý Ìý
Cheshire East Council £1,187,596 £1,187,596 £ - Ìý Ìý
Cheshire West and Chester Council £1,291,071 £1,291,071 £ - Ìý Ìý
City of York Council £ - £ - £17,360,000 Ìý Ìý
Cornwall Council (including Isles of Scilly) £1,969,162 £1,969,162 £13,307,923 Ìý Ìý
Cumberland Council £464,743 £464,743 £ - Ìý Ìý
Derby City Council £323,606 £323,606 £7,024,648 Ìý Ìý
Derbyshire County Council £ - £ - £47,003,438 Ìý Ìý
Devon County Council £1,677,393 £1,677,393 £14,057,270 Ìý Ìý
Dorset Council £884,221 £884,221 £ - Ìý Ìý
East Riding of Yorkshire Council £1,141,576 £1,141,576 £ - Ìý Ìý
East Sussex County Council £ - £ - £41,415,025 Ìý Ìý
Essex County Council £4,890,976 £4,890,976 £ - Ìý Ìý
Gloucestershire County Council £2,209,623 £2,209,623 £ - Ìý Ìý
Greater Manchester Combined Authority £ - £ - £94,800,000 Ìý Ìý
Hampshire County Council £3,579,462 £3,579,462 £ - Ìý Ìý
Herefordshire Council £952,037 £952,037 £ - Ìý Ìý
Hertfordshire County Council £1,488,381 £1,488,381 £29,732,100 Ìý Ìý
Hull City Council £756,530 £756,530 £ - Ìý Ìý
Isle of Wight Council £290,025 £290,025 £ - Ìý Ìý
Kent County Council £2,301,397 £2,301,397 £35,070,139 Ìý Ìý
Lancashire County Council £2,247,177 £2,247,177 £30,444,381 Ìý Ìý
Leicester City Council £727,289 £727,289 £ - Ìý Ìý
Leicestershire County Council £1,788,514 £1,788,514 £ - Ìý Ìý
Lincolnshire County Council £2,120,280 £2,120,280 £ - Ìý Ìý
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority £3,119,118 £3,119,118 £12,294,398 Ìý Ìý
Luton Borough Council £ - £ - £19,145,100 Ìý Ìý
Medway Council £768,780 £768,780 £ - Ìý Ìý
Milton Keynes Council £654,193 £654,193 £ - Ìý Ìý
Norfolk County Council £ - £ - £49,552,023 Ìý Ìý
North East Combined Authority[footnote 1] £ - £ - £163,521,172 Ìý Ìý
North East Lincolnshire Council £280,128 £280,128 £4,684,754 Ìý Ìý
North Lincolnshire Council £547,379 £547,379 £ - Ìý Ìý
North Northamptonshire Council £569,412 £569,412 £ - Ìý Ìý
North Somerset Council[footnote 2] £ - £ - £105,488,498 Ìý Ìý
North Yorkshire Council £1,463,688 £1,463,688 £ - Ìý Ìý
Nottingham City Council £445,022 £445,022 £11,367,414 Ìý Ìý
Nottinghamshire County Council £1,210,428 £1,210,428 £18,713,800 Ìý Ìý
Oxfordshire County Council £963,741 £963,741 £12,704,921 Ìý Ìý
Plymouth City Council £816,563 £816,563 £ - Ìý Ìý
Portsmouth City Council £ - £ - £48,344,702 Ìý Ìý
Reading Borough Council £ - £ - £26,263,600 Ìý Ìý
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead £437,116 £437,116 £ - Ìý Ìý
Rutland County Council £253,280 £253,280 £ - Ìý Ìý
Shropshire Council £1,490,492 £1,490,492 £ - Ìý Ìý
Slough Borough Council £343,267 £343,267 £ - Ìý Ìý
Somerset Council £737,079 £737,079 £11,855,859 Ìý Ìý
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority £3,151,353 £3,151,353 £ - Ìý Ìý
Southampton City Council £639,575 £639,575 £ - Ìý Ìý
Southend-on-Sea City Council £479,250 £479,250 £ - Ìý Ìý
Staffordshire County Council £1,327,673 £1,327,673 £ - Ìý Ìý
Stoke-on-Trent City Council £ - £ - £31,663,500 Ìý Ìý
Suffolk County Council £1,878,427 £1,878,427 £ - Ìý Ìý
Surrey County Council £3,923,922 £3,923,922 £ - Ìý Ìý
Swindon Borough Council £415,830 £415,830 £ - Ìý Ìý
Tees Valley Combined Authority £1,529,477 £1,529,477 £ - Ìý Ìý
Telford and Wrekin Council £650,938 £650,938 £ - Ìý Ìý
Thurrock Council £432,857 £432,857 £ - Ìý Ìý
Torbay Council £403,923 £403,923 £ - Ìý Ìý
Warrington Borough Council £ - £ - £16,198,420 Ìý Ìý
Warwickshire County Council £2,072,248 £2,072,248 £ - Ìý Ìý
West Berkshire Council £239,039 £239,039 £2,596,732 Ìý Ìý
West Midlands Combined Authority £ - £ - £87,857,760 Ìý Ìý
West Northamptonshire Council £687,109 £687,109 £ - Ìý Ìý
West of England Combined Authority[footnote 3] £ - £ - £105,488,498 Ìý Ìý
West Sussex County Council £1,102,400 £1,102,400 £17,401,596 Ìý Ìý
West Yorkshire Combined Authority £3,875,221 £3,875,221 £69,974,070 Ìý Ìý
Westmorland and Furness Council £412,130 £412,130 £ - Ìý Ìý
Wiltshire Council £2,115,269 £2,115,269 £ - Ìý Ìý
Wokingham Borough Council £401,322 £401,322 £ - Ìý Ìý
Worcestershire County Council £1,429,686 £1,429,686 £ - Ìý Ìý

Footnotes

  1. Joint allocation with North of Tyne Combined Authority.Ìý↩

  2. Joint allocation with West of England Combined Authority.Ìý↩

  3. Joint allocation with North Somerset Council.Ìý↩