(13 Nov 2020, 5:42 pm)Dan wrote Or preserving the provision of bus services on a commercial basis on an evening when fewer people travel..? Which I'm surprised you're against - as it surely means the taxpayer pays less (even if they do contribute something - less than paying to run a service in its entirety - to the enhanced BSOG payments)?!

I suppose it depends on which view you take. On the one hand as you say, much needed extra ‘revenue’ when there’s few passengers. 
On the other hand some would say it’s a commercial business, which turns a profit, ‘milking’ money from the tax payer. 

I understand why any business would want to make use of such schemes, I don’t have an issue with that, in fact I encourage it, these schemes exist for people to use them. However incorrectly branded vehicles being used just to qualify for funding might be a seen as ‘milking’ tax payers.