Written question asked by Ashok Kumar (Labour) on Thursday, 19 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 January 2006. It was answered by Karen Buck (Labour) on Thursday, 26 January 2006 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Concessionary Travel

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many pensioners in (a) the Tees Valley and (b) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland will qualify for free off-peak bus travel from April.

Answer: The number of residents aged 60 or older who will qualify for free off-peak bus travel in (a) the five unitary authorities which comprise the Tees Valley, is 137,200. This is from mid-2004 population estimates from the Office for National Statistics. In (b) the Parliamentary Constituency of Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, over 17,100 people were of retirement age; that is men aged 65 or older and women aged 60 or older, at the time of the 2001 census.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 45105; 441 c2272-3W
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Bus services Concessions Pensioners Older people Tees Valley Middlesbrough
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk