§ Mr. DoddsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been issued with senior citizen smart passes for free travel on public transport, broken down by post code area. [125839]
§ Mr. SpellarTranslink advise that the information is not readily available in exactly the form requested. However, the table shows the total number of Smartpasses in issue by Northern Ireland postcode area as at 16 July 2003. Over 160,000 of the 164,596 Smartpasses in circulation are Senior Smartpasses, the remainder being made up of Smartpasses for those registered blind and the war disabled. Translink do not have the postcodes for 1,080 pass holders.830W
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Postcode Count BT1 41 BT2 76 BT3 6 BT4 3,511 BT5 5,774 BT6 4,476 BT7 1,358 BT8 3,078 BT9 2,759 BTIO 1,520 BT11 3,453 BT12 2,635 BT13 3,313 BT 14 3,667 BT15 3,550 BT16 1,936 BT17 2,170 BT18 1,815 BT19 4,023 BT20 4,210 BT21 1,115 BT22 1,795 BT23 4,879 BT24 1,292 BT25 986 BT26 877 BT27 2,650 BT28 3,451 BT29 624 BT30 2,627 BT31 524 BT32 2,001 BT33 1,292 BT34 4,420 BT35 2,994 BT36 4,751 BT37 3,421 BT38 4,187 BT39 2,112 BT40 3,138 BT41 2,901 BT42 3,322 BT43 2,196 BT44 1,528 BT45 2,078 BT46 591 BT47 4,438 BT48 3,827 BT49 1,465 BT51 2,221 BT52 1,671 BT53 1,945 BT54 629 BT55 1,097 BT56 863 BT57 462 BT60 2,098 BT61 1,345 BT62 2,933 BT63 1,970 BT64 45 BT65 371 BT66 3,064 BT67 1,575 BT68 70 BT69 187 BT70 1,250 BT71 2,688 BT74 1,568 BT75 292 BT76 128 BT77 80 BT78 2,044 BT79 1,572
Postcode Count BT80 1,396 BT81 527 BT82 1,979 BT84 6 BT92 929 BT93 692 BT94 963 BT95 1 BT96 1 BT98 1 No postcode available 1,080 Total 164,596