| Heading: |
Bus Services: Concessions |
| Question ID: |
1744776 |
| UIN: |
16386 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-26 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5322 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Will Forster
|
| Asking Member handle: |
|
| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Mr Will Forster
|
| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of local authorities in England which provide bus travel concessions beyond the legal statutory requirements of the English National Concessionary Travel Sche |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
|
| Date answered: |
2024-12-02 |
| Date answer corrected: |
|
| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4943 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Simon Lightwood
|
| Answering Member handle: |
simonlightwood
|
| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@simonlightwood
|
| Correcting Member ID: |
|
| Correcting Member display name: |
|
| Correcting Member handle: |
|
| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
|
| Answer text: |
The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus travel to those with eligible disabilities and those of state pension age, currently sixty-six. Local authorities in England have the power to go beyond their statutory ob... |
| Original answer text: |
|
| Comparable answer text: |
|
| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |