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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-10-25more like thismore than 2022-10-25
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Rapid Transit Systems and Trams: Fares remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the viability of (a) light rail and (b) tram services of permitting those services to operate in the same concessionary fare system as buses. more like this
tabling member constituency Mansfield more like this
tabling member printed
Ben Bradley remove filter
uin 71265 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-11-02more like thismore than 2022-11-02
answer text <p>The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus travel to those with eligible disabilities and those of state pension age to ensure that no older or disabled person in England need be prevented from bus travel by cost alone.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for this is provided through the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ Settlement Funding Assessment: a Grant that supports a wide range of activities to ensure that each local transport authority receives the funding that they need. This funding is not ringfenced to enable local authorities to make spending decisions that more closely align with local needs and circumstances. There are currently no further plans to directly extend the concessionary fares for buses to light rail or tram systems.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, local authorities have the powers to provide further discretionary concessions in addition to ENCTS, through local resources such as Council Tax.</p><p>All Travel Concession Authorities that have light rail or tram systems in England, including Nottingham City Council, choose to fund travel on their systems as a discretionary concession.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
answering member constituency North West Durham more like this
answering member printed Mr Richard Holden more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-11-02T10:53:16.583Zmore like thismore than 2022-11-02T10:53:16.583Z
answering member
4813
label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden more like this
tabling member
4663
label Biography information for Ben Bradley more like this