Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a reduced rate travel card for people living on the Isle of Wight to improve connectivity with Portsmouth.

Local concessionary fares schemes are a matter for the local authority to consider and fund, as appropriate, in balance with local priorities. South Western Railway currently offer residents of the Isle of Wight a 40% discount on Island Line trains Single and Day Return fares with an Island Line Residents Card.