Concessionary travel statistics: year ending March 2024
Concessionary bus travel statistics in England about the number of passes, bus journeys, reimbursement and expenditure.
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Financial data for local authorities are produced by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). However, only provisional data on revenue out-turn has been published as of 27 November 2024 with a second release scheduled for 12 December 2024.
Due to this, estimates for net current expenditure using MHCLG data have not been produced. Estimates from the Concessionary Travel survey are available in table BUS08d as they are collected directly from Transport Combined Authorities (TCAs).
We plan to update the published tables in early 2025, once the second release of revenue outturn data has been published by MHCLG.
In England, comparing the year ending March 2024 with the year ending March 2023, there were:
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8.8 million older and disabled concessionary travel passes, up 1%
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604 million concessionary bus journeys, up 6%
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£708 million reimbursed to bus operators by TCAs, down 6% (constant prices)
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£885 million in net current expenditure on concessionary travel, down 5% (constant prices)
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