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Bus Services: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing free bus passes to blind passengers for travel before 9.30am.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
21 Oct 2024
Answer
23 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing free bus passes to blind passengers for travel before 9.30am.

  2. 21 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus travel to those with eligible disabilities and those of state pension age, currently sixty-six. Local authorities in England have the power to go beyond their statutory ob...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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