§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information he has as to which districts in England do not have any system of concessionary bus fares for any category of pensioners and which districts confine their concessionary fare system to those pensioners on income support.
§ Mr. PortilloAccording to information supplied on a voluntary basis to the Department in 1986–87, 27 of the 332 English districts outside London have no system of concessionary bus fares for those of state pensionable age and 22 of those districts which do have such schemes specify an income restriction for eligibility.