Official Statistics

Concessionary travel statistics: year ending March 2021

Concessionary bus travel statistics in England about the number of passes, bus journeys, reimbursement and expenditure.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 3 November 2021

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Concessionary travel statistics: year ending March 2021 report

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Concessionary travel statistics: year ending March 2021 tables

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Details

Concessionary bus travel statistics in England on the:

• number of concessionary passes
• number of concessionary bus journeys
• net expenditure on concessionary bus schemes
• reimbursement to bus operators for concessionary schemes

For the financial year ending 2021, there were 8.9 million concessionary travel passes in England, of which there were:

• 8.0 million older travel passes
• 0.9 million disabled travel passes

There were 272 million concessionary bus journeys, a 68% decrease from the previous year

Travel Concession Authorities (TCAs) spent an estimated £1.07 billion on providing statutory and discretionary concessions.

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Published 3 November 2021