Paul Maynard – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Maynard on 2016-02-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason his Department decided not to renew funding of the extension of the Number 14 bus service to Peel Park.

Justin Tomlinson

The commitment at the time of the relocation of staff to Peel Park was to provide a bus service for three years. The cost of the current contract to provide the bus service is £216,955.50 per year and the actual usage of the service is low.

Blackpool Transport have made it clear any new contract will be at an increased amount and a decision was made that it was not possible to justify public expenditure and subsidy on this scale.

We are exploring alternatives which would offer better value for money, but no decision has yet been made.