| Heading: |
Bus Services: Concessions |
| Question ID: |
1814139 |
| UIN: |
61017 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5032 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Tom Gordon
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| Asking Member handle: |
tomgordonLD
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@tomgordonLD
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department would make an estimate of the cost of requiring all local government authorities to provide a companion pass for disabled pass holders who cannot travel alone. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-26 |
| 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 introduction of companion passes for disabled passholders under the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme would be an additional concession, introduced at the discretion of local authorities depending on their needs and circumstances. The Depar... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |