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Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of removing return tickets on disabled people.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
23 Apr 2025
Target answer date
25 Apr 2025
Answer
30 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of removing return tickets on disabled people.

  2. 25 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    We will carefully consider and give due to regard to any equality considerations as we move to improve fares and ticketing for passengers. To ensure disabled passengers are not disadvantaged, they can get a one third discount on their fares with a Disable...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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