Question follow-through · 26863
Carers: Public Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing carers to accompany those they care for to travel free of charge on public transport.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing carers to accompany those they care for to travel free of charge on public transport.
30 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2025
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. The ENCTS costs around £700 million annually and any changes to the statuto...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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