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Travel: Concessions

Asked by Tom HayesLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 11 June 2025UIN 58118

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of allowing (a) older and (b) disabled bus pass holders to travel before 9:30am on weekdays under the English national concessionary travel scheme.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Department has not made an assessment of the cost to remove the travel time restriction on disabled passholders concessionary bus passes only or for older person passholders only. However, the Department has conducted a review of the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme, which included considering travel times. We are considering next steps following the review.

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