Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 76073

Bus Services: Concessions

Tabled: 9 September 2025
Answered: 17 September 2025

Question

Shivani Raja

ConservativeLeicester East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the level of variation between local authorities in the discretionary provision of free bus passes for carers of disabled people; and what steps she is taking to ensure a consist

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Department does not have any plans to provide advice on offering a discretionary concession to carers of disabled people, as offering this is a choice for the individual local authority to make.In the year ending March 2025, 66% of Travel Concession A...

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