About Bus Service Operators Grants
We receive an annual Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) from the Department for Transport (DfT). This helps us to pay for community transport for older and vulnerable people.
As part of the grant conditions, we report to the DfT how we use these funds.
You can read our survey response below which explains how we used this funding.
- For more information about these grants see: Gov.uk - Bus Service Operators Grants
Bus Service Operators Grant 2024/2025
Section A: Background and contacts
Q1. What is your local transport authority name? Bury MBC
Q2. Name of the reporting officer: Daniela Dixon, Head of Waste Management and Transport
Section B: Tendered Bus Network
Q5. What have you used the BSOG funds for?
Please exclude any other funding provided through the local authority.
If there has been no spend on a particular element, please enter 0.
- Maintaining current tendered services: 0
- Increasing level of tendered services: 0
- Investing in alternative services (e.g. community transport, taxi buses): £18,993
- Investing in supporting bus infrastructure provision: 0
- Other – Bus: 0
- Non Bus: 0
Total: £18,993
Q6. If you provided an amount for A, B or C in Q5, did you place specific requirements on operators as a condition of payment (for example, setting a minimum standard of emissions requirement which needed to be met)?
No
Q7. If you provided an amount for C, D or E in Q5, please specify the type of services/infrastructure you have invested in:
- Community Transport run under a section 19 permit
Q8. Please provide details of which parts of your existing bus service you would not be able to deliver without the financial assistance from BSOG.
If you did not spend any of your BSOG on maintaining current tendered services, please enter N/A. *
N/A
Q9. If you have used BSOG to increase the level of tendered services, please indicate how this has been spent.
Other (please specify): In house service
Q11. In addition to BSOG did your transport authority spend other financial resources on supporting bus services?
Yes: £547,716.70
Q12. If you answered yes to question 11, please explain how money over and above BSOG was spent.
If there has been no spend on a particular element, please enter 0.
- Maintaining current tendered services: 0
- Increasing level of tendered services: 0
- Investing in alternative services (e.g. community transport, taxi buses): 0
- Community transport run under a section 19 permit: £547,716.70
- Network redesign/reconfiguration: 0
- Bus stops/shelters: 0
- Bus lanes: 0
- Real time journey information: 0
- Other: 0
Total: £547,716.70
Q13. Did you spend all of your allocated BSOG 2024/25 grant?
Yes
Section C: Additional survey questions
Q14. Do you measure outcomes that have resulted from your use of BSOG?
Yes
Q15. If yes, what measurable outcomes have resulted from your use of LA BSOG?
(Increased patronage, reduced journey times, improved reliability, modal shift, emissions reductions etc.)
We measure fuel, time, mileage and carbon emissions.
Q16. How have you ensured value for money in the use of BSOG funding?
(Competitive tendering, performance-based contracts, partnership arrangements etc.)
The community transport service uses route planning systems to ensure optimal runs are balanced alongside individual needs.
Q17. How have local bus operators been involved in decisions about the use of BSOG funding in your area?
No involvement
Q18. How does your use of BSOG align with your Local Transport Plan objectives or Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP; if in reception of BSIP)?
Not in receipt of BSIP
Q19. Are there any specific barriers preventing you from using BSOG more effectively or innovatively?
No barriers
Q20. Has BSOG funding helped you support services that benefit areas with high levels of deprivation or poor public transport accessibility?
Yes