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date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Travel: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward proposals to extend the statutory entitlement for free transport for young people in education and training beyond the current age threshold of 16.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	209015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The statutory responsibility for transport to education and training for 16 to 19 year olds rests with local authorities, enabling them to make decisions which best match local needs and circumstances. Local authorities are expected to make reasonable decisions based on the needs of their population, the local transport infrastructure, and the resources they have available.</p><p>The Government has no plans at present to extend the home to school statutory entitlement beyond the age of 16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 13/10/2014 10:11:38 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

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registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: Concessions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what (1) concessionary fares, and (2) free travel arrangements, for bus and travel services exist in each region of the United Kingdom; and whether they have plans to expand and encourage such schemes.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Statutory concessionary bus travel is a devolved matter with separate systems administered in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. This response, therefore, refers only to the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS). The ENCTS is a statutory concession scheme which allows for free travel for older and disabled people on local bus services anywhere in England, between 0930 and 2300 during weekdays and anytime at weekends and bank holidays. In addition, local authorities are able to provide non-statutory, discretionary concessions for specified groups of people, from their own funds, in accordance with their local priorities, which the Government encourages. In each of the years 2010/11 to 2013/14, nearly all of the 89 Travel Concessionary Authorities outside London were offering some sort of discretionary travel concession over and above the statutory minimum ENCTS, for example companion passes or extensions to travel times. The statutory concession for London residents provides free travel for pass holders on almost all public transport in London. Details of discretionary enhancements across England can be found here -</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259404/concessionary-travel-statistics-2012-13.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259404/concessionary-travel-statistics-2012-13.pdf</a></p><p /> <p /> <p>(see in particular table BUS0841).</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 22/07/2014 14:37:57 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

77731

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on concessionary travel in Warrington in each year since 2008-09.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	205522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The annual amount spent by Warrington Council on concessionary travel, including the statutory concession and any relevant discretionary enhancements, is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><p>2008-09</p><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><p> </p></td><td><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><p>2009-10</p><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><p> </p></td><td><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><p>2010-11</p><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><p> </p></td><td><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><p>2011-12</p><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><p> </p></td><td><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><p>2012-13</p><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£3.464m</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£3.695m</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£3.902m</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£3.544m</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£3.77m</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>These figures are adjusted for inflation to give expenditure at 2012/13 prices. Figures for 2013/14 are still being collated.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Further data (including non-inflation-adjusted figures) is detailed in transport statistics table BUS0812, which can be viewed at:</p><p /> <p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/bus08-concessionary-travel" target="_blank"><u><u><u><u>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/bus08-concessionary-travel</u></u></u></u></a><u><u><u><u></u></u></u></u>.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 17/07/2014 14:37:31 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

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registered interest
date	27/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on concessionary travel spending in York Unitary Authority in each year since 2008-09.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	202844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The total amount spent by York City Council on concessionary travel, including the statutory concession and any relevant discretionary enhancements, is detailed in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2008 - 09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009 - 10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1010 - 11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011 - 12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012 - 13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>York City Council spend on concessionary travel (£000s)</strong></p></td><td><p>5,013</p></td><td><p>5,307</p></td><td><p>4,902</p></td><td><p>4,633</p></td><td><p>4,826</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2013/14 are still being collated.</p><p> </p><p>Local authority formula grant has been the main vehicle for providing concessionary travel funding to local authorities since the current statutory concession's introduction in 2008. Since this grant is unhypothecated it is not possible to provide a breakdown by authority.</p><p> </p><p>In 2008 the Department for Transport provided English authorities with a total of £31 million to assist in the reissuing of concessionary passes, £130,972 of which was allocated to York City Council.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2008 and April 2011 the Department made Special Grant payments to authorities, in addition to the formula grant they were already receiving, recognising the additional cost of the extension to pre-2008 concessionary travel arrangements. The following table indicates the amount of funding available to York in each of the three years during which special grant was paid.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2008 / 09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009 / 10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010 / 11</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Special grant funding available to York City Council:</strong></p></td><td><p>1,112</p></td><td><p>1,138</p></td><td><p>1,170</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/07/2014 14:42:34 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley