Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 15398
Bus Services: Concessions
Tabled: 20 November 2024
Answered: 27 November 2024
Named DayQuestion
Mrs Elsie Blundell
Labour — Heywood and Middleton North
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of a reciprocal agreement between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to accept pensioners' bus passes.
Answer
Simon LightwoodConcessionary travel is a devolved policy area so the administrative arrangements in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland differ from those in England. There are no plans at present to introduce such an arrangement.