| Heading: |
Carers: Public Transport |
| Question ID: |
1759255 |
| UIN: |
26863 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-28 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5142 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Abtisam Mohamed
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Abtisam Mohamed
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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 allowing carers to accompany those they care for to travel free of charge on public transport. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-03 |
| 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. The ENCTS costs around £700 million annually and any changes to the statuto... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |