Transparency data
Total combined bus funding allocations 2025 to 2026
Updated 18 December 2024
Applies to England
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The funding for 2025 to 2026 comprises:
- 拢670 million to enable Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) to deliver their Bus Service Improvement Plans (BSIPs)
- 拢35 million to聽LTAs and 拢7 million to LAs in Local Authority Bus Service Operators Grant (LA BSOG), totalling 拢42 million, to support services and keep fares down
- 拢13 million to Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) in devolved BSOG to protect existing services and support service delivery
- 拢6.5 million to GMCA in devolved Bus 天美影院 Operators Grant Plus (BSOG Plus) to protect existing services and support service delivery
- 拢11 million to West Midlands Combined Authority in devolved BSOG Plus to protect existing services and support service delivery
Local transport authority total combined BSIP and BSOG allocations 2025 to 2026
BSOG funding paid directly to operators, totalling 拢212 million, is not included in this table.
See separate table for lower tier local authorities BSOG funding.
| Local Transport Authority | Total bus funding 2025/26 |
|---|---|
| Bedford Borough Council | 拢2,494,513 |
| Blackburn and Darwen Borough Council | 拢5,170,149 |
| Blackpool Council | 拢4,288,023 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | 拢6,016,436 |
| Bracknell Forest Council | 拢1,111,259 |
| Brighton and Hove City Council | 拢9,279,617 |
| Buckinghamshire County Council | 拢6,756,093 |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority | 拢10,588,136 |
| Central Bedfordshire Council | 拢3,018,200 |
| Cheshire East Council | 拢5,444,474 |
| Cheshire West and Chester Council | 拢5,782,022 |
| Cornwall Council (including Isles of Scilly) | 拢10,589,782 |
| Cumberland Council | 拢5,310,742 |
| Devon County Council | 拢11,618,699 |
| Dorset Council | 拢3,815,959 |
| East Midlands Combined Authority | 拢40,580,499 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | 拢4,932,500 |
| East Sussex County Council | 拢10,366,501 |
| Essex County Council | 拢17,802,280 |
| Gloucestershire County Council | 拢8,031,694 |
| Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 拢66,393,752 |
| Hampshire County Council | 拢14,087,588 |
| Herefordshire Council | 拢3,257,185 |
| Hertfordshire County Council | 拢12,226,982 |
| Hull City Council | 拢7,915,076 |
| Isle of Wight Council | 拢1,824,863 |
| Kent County Council | 拢23,134,379 |
| Lancashire County Council | 拢27,140,451 |
| Leicester City Council | 拢9,453,592 |
| Leicestershire County Council | 拢8,154,155 |
| Lincolnshire County Council | 拢11,867,716 |
| Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 拢20,850,110 |
| Luton Borough Council | 拢6,332,356 |
| Medway Council | 拢4,026,147 |
| Milton Keynes Council | 拢3,684,909 |
| Norfolk County Council | 拢15,916,133 |
| North East Combined Authority | 拢23,762,653 |
| North East Lincolnshire Council | 拢3,733,027 |
| North Lincolnshire Council | 拢2,908,248 |
| North Northamptonshire Council | 拢5,203,890 |
| North Somerset Council | 拢4,878,543 |
| Oxfordshire County Council | 拢10,146,513 |
| Plymouth City Council | 拢4,596,304 |
| Portsmouth City Council | 拢4,792,932 |
| Reading Borough Council | 拢2,463,311 |
| Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead | 拢1,344,221 |
| Rutland County Council | 拢628,681 |
| Shropshire Council | 拢4,471,790 |
| Slough Borough Council | 拢1,536,153 |
| Somerset County Council | 拢6,849,770 |
| South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) | 拢17,686,432 |
| Southampton City Council | 拢4,663,885 |
| Southend-on-Sea Borough Council | 拢2,541,467 |
| Staffordshire County Council | 拢11,155,221 |
| Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 拢9,898,338 |
| Suffolk County Council | 拢8,774,816 |
| Surrey County Council | 拢12,074,800 |
| Swindon Borough Council | 拢2,894,900 |
| Tees Valley Combined Authority | 拢7,278,668 |
| Telford and Wrekin Council | 拢3,487,443 |
| Thurrock Council | 拢1,954,465 |
| Torbay Council | 拢2,127,108 |
| Warrington Borough Council | 拢3,823,808 |
| Warwickshire County Council | 拢8,762,351 |
| West Berkshire Council | 拢1,634,858 |
| West Midlands Combined Authority | 拢49,983,869 |
| West Northamptonshire Council | 拢5,428,927 |
| West of England Combined Authority | 拢14,863,806 |
| West Sussex County Council | 拢9,689,135 |
| West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 拢36,079,479 |
| Westmorland and Furness Council | 拢4,266,798 |
| Wiltshire Council | 拢6,874,997 |
| Wokingham Borough Council | 拢1,409,378 |
| Worcestershire County Council | 拢9,389,437 |
| York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority | 拢12,553,075 |
| Total | 拢735,876,464 |