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<p>We estimate that in 2011/12, the latest year for which data is available, the number of eligible older people, and the number of disabled and older persons’ bus passes in circulation in north east England was as follows:</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">NorthEast—excluding Durham and Stockton-on-Tees(Thousands)<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">EligibleOlderPeople<br /></td><td valign="top">428<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">OlderPersons'Passes<br /></td><td valign="top">373<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">EligibleDisabledPeople<br /></td><td valign="top">NotKnown<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">DisabledPersons'Passes<br /></td><td valign="top">39<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>The totals for the North East include the Travel Concession Authorities (TCAs) Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Northumberland, Redcar and Cleveland, and Tyne and Wear, but they exclude Durham and Stockton-on-Tees, for which data is not available.</p><p>We do not hold data for Sunderland or the Houghton and Sunderland South constituency, and nor do we have an estimate of the number of eligible disabled people who do not claim the statutory concession in any area of England.</p><p>The relevant published tables are BUS0820 and BUS0890 which can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/bus08-concessionary-travel</p><p>Travel concessions for young people are provided by some TCAs on a discretionary basis, and we do not hold estimates of the number of concessionary passes in circulation in any area of England.</p> |