Does the Minister plan to repurpose funding in order to ensure that the Bwcabus service can still operate, given that the service coming to an end will leave many dependent residents cut off?
Answered by Deputy Minister for Climate Change | Answered on 20/10/2023
Bwcabus was supported by EU funding that has ended now we have left the European Union. No equivalent funding has been announced by the UK Government, despite promising that Wales would not be a penny worse off after Brexit.
We have provided additional support to enable the Bwcabus scheme to operate until the end of October 2023. Pembrokeshire County Council recently announced funding to continue the service until April 2024 in the Pembrokeshire area on weekdays only.