Written question asked by Cat Smith (Labour) on Friday, 9 October 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 13 October 2015. It was answered by Andrew Jones (Conservative) on Thursday, 15 October 2015 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Trams: Concessions
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to include travel on trams in the pensioners' bus pass.
- Answer
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The statutory minimum entitlement of the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme pertains to bus travel only and, given the current financial climate, there are no plans to extend the statutory scheme to include travel on any other mode of transport.
However, local authorities have the power to offer additional local concessions, which allows far more flexibility than would be the case with a blanket statutory enhancement.
Indeed, figures for 2015/16 show that 87 of the 89 Travel Concession Authorities (TCAs) outside London do offer some form of discretionary concession to their residents.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 11130
- Session
- 2015-16
- Subjects
- Bus services Concessions Pensioners Trams
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