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756055

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date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce proposals to make available a free bus pass for people at the age of 60.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	7333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to introduce an age-related extension to the concessionary travel scheme. The age of eligibility for the scheme is currently rising in line with the state pension age. This will address the anomalous position of non-disabled people of working age having access to free bus travel, and will help the financial sustainability of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Under concessionary travel legislation, all local authorities in England also have a power to offer additional concessions to their residents, such as free travel for older people who are yet to reach pension age.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/09/2017 09:56:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

754211

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2017 to Question 70590, on bus services: concessions, whether it remains his Department's policy to not extend the statutory scheme to include peak travel.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	6181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s policy on concessionary bus travel remains unchanged, though my Department continues to engage on this issue on a regular basis with the Department for Work and Pensions and other Government Departments as well as local authorities and the transport sector.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/09/2017 09:53:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

753581

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of introducing free weekend bus schemes akin to those being trialled by the Welsh Government and TrawsCymru in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	5721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to introduce a blanket concession on cross-country bus travel in England, where the bus market (outside London) is deregulated. Decisions regarding service provision are primarily a commercial matter for bus and coach operators, many of whom already offer generous discounts on longer or inter-city journeys.</p><p>Long-distance services are specifically excluded from the current English national concession which focusses on providing free off-peak local bus travel to eligible older and disabled people, helping them to remain active and independent in the community.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/09/2017 08:48:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

732561

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason disabled people in receipt of a free bus pass are not permitted to use that pass before 9.30am between Monday to Friday; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that provision on the ability of disabled people to access employment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	1200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The original intention of the statutory minimum bus travel concession scheme was to provide access to essential local services and to help prevent social isolation. The scheme was introduced as an off-peak concession only, when there is likely to be unused capacity on buses.</p><p>However, the Government recognises the importance of accessible transport for disabled people, and the Department continues to work with the Department for Work and Pensions and other Government Departments on this issue, as well as with local authorities and the transport sector.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have the powers of their own to offer concessions over and above the statutory minimum, including peak hour travel.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/07/2017 12:42:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff