Bus Services: Concessions

(asked on 3rd June 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will fund local authorities to provide free bus travel for people under the age of 25.


Answered by
Nusrat Ghani Portrait
Nusrat Ghani
Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
This question was answered on 11th June 2019

Local authorities are currently empowered to offer local travel concessions under concessionary travel legislation. If they wish to do so, local authorities are able to offer discounted travel to young people. In addition, bus operators can offer discounted travel for young people - bus operators in 71 of the 89 TCA areas in England outside of London offered some form of discounted travel for young people in 2018/19. In addition, there is a statutory scheme for certain eligible children to receive free school transport.

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