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Bus Services: Concessions

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 102885

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2025 to Question 97184, what estimate the Department has made of the annual cost of extending the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme to provide concessionary passes for companions of disabled people.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Department for Transport does not hold a current assessment of the cost of expanding the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) to include companion passes as part of the statutory provision. In the year ending March 2025, the ENCTS cost around £795 million.

Any decision to expand the statutory offering would involve rigorous cost analysis of a range of options.

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