Agenda item - Local Authority Bus Grant Delivery Plan 2026-27

Cabinet agrees that:

1)             the £5.752m in revenue and £3.259m in 2026/27 LABG funding is allocated as set out in Table 2.

2)             the Corporate Director City Operations is granted delegated authority to adjust, cancel or re-instate the allocations set out in Table 2 as the Corporate Director may consider necessary or appropriate from time to time provided that any allocations remain as permitted by any conditions attached to the LABG.

147.1   Cabinet considered a report that set out the current proposed Delivery Plan for the 26/27 Local Authority Bus Grant (LABG) from the Department for Transport (DfT) (formerly Bus Service Improvement Plan or BSIP) and sought agreement for how the £5.752m in revenue and £3.259m in capital funding is allocated for 2026-27.

147.2   Councillor Alexander, Rowkins, Allen, Taylor, Sankey and Miller asked questions and contributed to the debate of the report.

147.3   Resolved-

Cabinet agrees that:

1)           the £5.752m in revenue and £3.259m in 2026/27 LABG funding is allocated as set out in Table 2.

2)           the Corporate Director City Operations is granted delegated authority to adjust, cancel or re-instate the allocations set out in Table 2 as the Corporate Director may consider necessary or appropriate from time to time provided that any allocations remain as permitted by any conditions attached to the LABG.