BODS compliance
Case reference FOI2026/02595
Received 25 October 2026
Published 11 November 2026
Request
As established by previous FOI request FOI2026/01116, bus route tenders specify the following: routes must "be BODS compliant re: data protocol required by the DfT" and "If BODS data is not up to date this will prohibit payments". I therefore ask, with the clause being present:
1) Since 1 January 2021 (when operators became legally obliged to submit timetable data to BODS), how many payments to operators have been "prohibited" - withheld, reduced or delayed - due to inaccurate or outdated BODS data?
2) Since 1 January 2021, how many notices, warnings, or other written communications have been sent to operators regarding BODS compliance?
3) If possible, please additionally separate the total number for Q2 by contract number.
Response
As established by previous FOI request FOI2026/01116, bus route tenders specify the following: routes must "be BODS compliant re: data protocol required by the DfT" and "If BODS data is not up to date this will prohibit payments".
I therefore ask, with the clause being present:
1) Since 1 January 2021 (when operators became legally obliged to submit timetable data to BODS), how many payments to operators have been "prohibited" - withheld, reduced or delayed - due to inaccurate or outdated BODS data?
Answer: None.
2) Since 1 January 2021, how many notices, warnings, or other written communications have been sent to operators regarding BODS compliance?
Answer: None.
3) If possible, please additionally separate the total number for Q2 by contract number.
Answer: This is not applicable.
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