§ Mr. Barry FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will tabulate the number of people entitled to concessionary travel from British Rail in total and categorised as(a) employees, (b) pensioners, (c) employees' dependants and offspring, (d) former employees of British Transport Docks Board, (e) former employees of British Transport Hotels, (f) former employees of Sealink, (g) former employees of Wightlink, (h) British Transport police and (i) pensioners of British Transport police; and what estimate he has of the cost in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. FreemanI understand that the number of people entitled to concessionary travel, as at 9 January, totals 561,922, made up as follows:
Numbers (a) Employees 137,488 (b) Pensioners 262,825 (c) Employees dependants and offspring 150,669 (d) Former employees of British Transport Docks Board 3,611 (e) Former employees of British Transport hotels 431 (f) Former employees of Sealink 2,340 (g) Former employees of Wightlink Nil (h) British Transport police 1,677 (i) BTP pensioners 2,881 The extra costs to British Rail of providing concessionary travel arrangements are not quantifiable.