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Bus Services: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department would make an estimate of the cost of extending the statutory minimum criteria to allow disabled bus pass holders to use their passes at all times on weekdays.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
18 Jun 2025
Target answer date
26 Jun 2025
Answer
26 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department would make an estimate of the cost of extending the statutory minimum criteria to allow disabled bus pass holders to use their passes at all times on weekdays.

  2. 26 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Department for Transport conducted a review of the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme which considered expanding statutory travel times for all passholders. We are currently considering next steps.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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