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Written question asked by Nicholas Brown (Labour) on Thursday, 9 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 February 2006. It was answered by Phil Woolas (Labour) on Monday, 27 February 2006 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.


Free Bus Travel

Question
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Tyne Bridge of 20 December 2005, Official Report, column 2818W, on the free bus travel scheme, if he will list the local authorities which were allocated more funding for the concessionary scheme than they required specifically to operate the scheme in their area.
Answer

It is not possible to calculate how much funding has been allocated to each authority with respect to concessionary fares, since this is funded through an unhypothecated formula grant. Nor is it yet clear what the exact costs will be in each area, since this will be affected among other things by take up of the new free passes and travel.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
443 c175W;443 c175W; 51639
Session
2005-06
Related items
Free Bus Travel Scheme
Tuesday, 20 December 2005
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Bus services Buses Concessions Fares Finance Expenditure Local government
Link
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