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Bus Services: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the annual cost of free bus passes for people over the State Pension age.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
17 Jun 2025
Target answer date
23 Jun 2025
Answer
23 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the annual cost of free bus passes for people over the State Pension age.

  2. 23 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Jun 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.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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