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Bus Services: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of raising the bus cap to £3 on pensioners.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
2 Dec 2024
Target answer date
9 Dec 2024
Answer
9 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of raising the bus cap to £3 on pensioners.

  2. 9 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    Those of state pension age, currently sixty-six, have access to free off-peak bus travel under the terms of the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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