To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent guidance she has given to (a) bus operators and (b) local authorities in Hampshire for the administration of the National Travel Scheme for the elderly and disabled, with particular regard to clarifying the conditions on which free travel is given. (73587)

I have been asked to reply.

No decisions have been taken yet on how the national scheme will be delivered in 2008. The Department for Transport will be working with representatives from the bus industry and local authorities to consider the best framework for delivering the improved concessionary fares entitlement.