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Bus service improvement plans: local transport authority final allocations 2025 to 2026

Updated 18 December 2024

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 Services 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 final allocations 2025 to 2026

Local transport authority BSIP capital funding 25/26 BSIP capacity and capability allocation 25/26 BSIP revenue funding 25/26
Bedford Borough Council £1,418,902 £63,000 £817,063
Blackburn and Darwen Borough Council £2,522,065 £63,000 £2,519,709
Blackpool Council £2,511,802 £63,000 £1,672,079
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council £3,257,354 £94,000 £2,370,713
Bracknell Forest Council £461,983 £63,000 £486,497
Brighton and Hove City Council £3,225,177 £94,000 £5,787,450
Buckinghamshire County Council £4,210,155 £125,000 £1,956,329
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority £6,597,720 £125,000 £3,456,386
Central Bedfordshire Council £1,377,921 £94,000 £1,409,885
Cheshire East Council £2,122,646 £94,000 £2,879,963
Cheshire West and Chester Council £2,796,902 £94,000 £2,576,802
Cornwall Council (including Isles of Scilly) £4,239,819 £94,000 £5,482,554
Cumberland Council £3,315,344 £94,000 £1,646,831
Devon County Council £5,191,416 £125,000 £5,156,302
Dorset Council £2,006,762 £94,000 £1,320,105
East Midlands Combined Authority £21,057,282 £125,000 £19,398,217
East Riding of Yorkshire Council £1,973,675 £94,000 £2,351,115
East Sussex County Council £4,555,417 £94,000 £5,274,375
Essex County Council £9,179,682 £125,000 £7,311,607
Gloucestershire County Council £4,175,563 £94,000 £3,303,766
Greater Manchester Combined Authority £0 [footnote 1] £125,000 £43,664,250
Hampshire County Council £7,548,334 £125,000 £5,346,077
Herefordshire Council £1,108,112 £63,000 £1,867,493
Hertfordshire County Council £5,353,583 £125,000 £5,536,769
Hull City Council £4,631,112 £94,000 £3,055,567
Isle of Wight Council £1,306,759 £63,000 £432,757
Kent County Council £11,926,302 £125,000 £9,995,289
Lancashire County Council £12,436,932 £125,000 £12,712,250
Leicester City Council £5,166,372 £94,000 £4,092,933
Leicestershire County Council £3,145,798 £94,000 £4,379,636
Lincolnshire County Council £5,760,287 £125,000 £5,447,127
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority £0 [footnote 1] £125,000 £20,725,110
Luton Borough Council £2,632,234 £63,000 £3,562,676
Medway Council £2,611,463 £94,000 £1,148,529
Milton Keynes Council £2,149,690 £94,000 £976,463
Norfolk County Council £7,406,122 £125,000 £7,328,823
North East Combined Authority £0 [footnote 1] £125,000 £23,637,653
North East Lincolnshire Council £2,010,583 £63,000 £1,642,659
North Lincolnshire Council £1,380,442 £63,000 £1,252,525
North Northamptonshire Council £2,588,702 £94,000 £2,410,459
North Somerset Council £1,687,455 £63,000 £3,059,935
Oxfordshire County Council £5,441,810 £125,000 £3,784,971
Plymouth City Council £3,196,800 £94,000 £1,220,496
Portsmouth City Council £2,218,898 £63,000 £2,426,250
Reading Borough Council £1,343,619 £63,000 £982,500
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead £551,913 £63,000 £653,162
Rutland County Council £132,263 £63,000 £364,710
Shropshire Council £1,398,474 £63,000 £2,497,869
Slough Borough Council £917,715 £63,000 £512,300
Somerset County Council £3,343,401 £94,000 £2,958,423
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) £0 [footnote 1] £125,000 £16,434,261
Southampton City Council £3,539,555 £94,000 £955,218
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council £1,762,541 £63,000 £715,926
Staffordshire County Council £5,261,064 £125,000 £5,069,288
Stoke-on-Trent City Council £3,870,685 £63,000 £5,935,035
Suffolk County Council £5,229,805 £125,000 £2,805,076
Surrey County Council £4,958,394 £125,000 £5,866,001
Swindon Borough Council £2,035,808 £63,000 £619,887
Tees Valley Combined Authority £0 [footnote 1] £125,000 £7,153,668
Telford and Wrekin Council £1,788,577 £63,000 £1,545,124
Thurrock Council £1,199,800 £63,000 £646,402
Torbay Council £1,436,291 £63,000 £603,627
Warrington Borough Council £1,734,279 £63,000 £1,986,315
Warwickshire County Council £3,662,611 £94,000 £4,336,627
West Berkshire Council £672,548 £63,000 £762,211
West Midlands Combined Authority £0 [footnote 1] £125,000 £37,066,610
West Northamptonshire Council £2,658,641 £94,000 £2,566,758
West of England Combined Authority £0 [footnote 1] £125,000 £13,591,185
West Sussex County Council £4,716,503 £125,000 £4,411,487
West Yorkshire Combined Authority £0 [footnote 1] £125,000 £33,890,887
Westmorland and Furness Council £2,671,203 £94,000 £1,275,848
Wiltshire Council £2,631,997 £94,000 £3,164,522
Wokingham Borough Council £635,909 £63,000 £599,008
Worcestershire County Council £3,953,674 £94,000 £4,811,213
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority £4,987,355 £125,000 £6,401,022
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