WESTMINSTER RADAR
Search
My MPs
Menu

Question follow-through · 39367

Bus Services: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the merits of introducing free bus passes for people aged 60 and over.

answeredDepartment for Transport

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
18 Mar 2025
Target answer date
20 Mar 2025
Answer
21 Mar 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Transport

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the merits of introducing free bus passes for people aged 60 and over.

  2. 20 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 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...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Railways: Somerset

28 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the Strategic Outline Business Case by West Somerset Railway for linking Bishops Lydeard and Taunton.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Bus Services: Concessions

11 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of restricting concessionary bus travel to journeys after 9:30am on disabled people's employment prospects; and if she will make an assessment of the potenti

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Bus Services: Finance

20 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) increasing the level of funding available for demand responsive transport and (b) introducing bus concessions for people up to the age of 22.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Driving Licences: Applications

5 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle delays in processing re-applications to the DVLA following the voluntarily surrender of driving licences on medical grounds.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

EGNOS

15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of UK participation in the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service.