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Bus Services: Concessions

Asked by Mrs Elsie BlundellLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 27 November 2024UIN 15398

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of a reciprocal agreement between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to accept pensioners' bus passes.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

Concessionary travel is a devolved policy area so the administrative arrangements in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland differ from those in England. There are no plans at present to introduce such an arrangement.

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