Question follow-through · 13408

Bus Services: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing disabled travellers who reach state pension age to retain their disabled bus pass.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 25 Jun 2026
Target answer date: 29 Jun 2026
Answer: 29 Jun 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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25 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing disabled travellers who reach state pension age to retain their disabled bus pass.
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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29 Jun 2026
Answer published
Under the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS), there is no legislative requirement to switch between a disabled pass and an older person's pass when a disabled passholder reaches the state pension age. Local authorities (or Travel Concess...

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