Accredited official statistics: Annual bus statistics: year ending March 2024

Published: 27 November 2024
By Chris Haycock

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Public transport support and concessionary travel reimbursement data

Financial data for local authorities are produced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). However, only provisional data on revenue outturn has been published as of 27 November 2024. Due to this, it is not currently possible to produce estimates for public transport support and concessionary travel reimbursement for the year ending March 2024.

We plan to publish updated tables at a later date once final revenue outturn data has been published by MHCLG.

There is more than one source available for figures on concessionary travel spending. In the concessionary travel statistics, the expenditure figures are based on the Concessionary Travel survey.

Local bus statistics in Great Britain, including passengers, mileage, and vehicle fleet, for the year ending March 2024.

The summary relates only to England to match the coverage of Department for Transport bus policy, but the tables also cover Scotland and Wales.

In the year ending March 2024, the number of bus passenger journeys:

• increased by 7% in England
• increased by 5% in London
• increased by 10% in England outside of London

In the year ending March 2024, bus service mileage:

• remained broadly stable in England
• remained broadly stable in London
• increased by 1% in England outside of London

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