Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 102885

Bus Services: Concessions

Tabled: 5 January 2026

Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2025 to Question 97184, what estimate the Department has made of the annual cost of extending the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme to provide concessionary pass

Answer

Simon Lightwood

The Department for Transport does not hold a current assessment of the cost of expanding the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) to include companion passes as part of the statutory provision. In the year ending March 2025, the ENCTS cost...

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