Question follow-through · 36134
Bus Services: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending free bus travel to all people over 60 years old in England, outside of London.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 6 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 12 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending free bus travel to all people over 60 years old in England, outside of London.
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Mar 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.
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