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Bus Services

Volume 454: debated on Wednesday 6 December 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects free local bus travel to be available to all pensioners. (101201)

From April this year, older and disabled people have been guaranteed free off-peak local bus travel within their local authority area. From April 2008, this will be extended further allowing free off-peak local bus travel anywhere in England.

Free concessionary bus travel schemes already exist in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The Concessionary Bus Travel Bill introduced on 27 November includes a power to allow via regulations in the future for mutual recognition of concessionary bus passes across the UK.