Question follow-through · 45996
Railways: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the discount offered by the disabled persons railcard.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 17 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the discount offered by the disabled persons railcard.
23 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Disabled Persons Railcard provides a third off rail travel for the traveller plus an adult companion. This discount is in line with other railcards. The current criteria for the Disabled Persons Railcard has been in place for some time, however, in th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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