| Heading: |
Bus Services: Concessions |
| Question ID: |
1744775 |
| UIN: |
16385 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-26 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5322 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Will Forster
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Mr Will Forster
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of widening the accessibility criteria for the English national concessionary travel scheme to include peak travel for disabled bus pass holders to help en |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-02 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4943 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Simon Lightwood
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| Answering Member handle: |
simonlightwood
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@simonlightwood
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| 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... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |