Concessionary travel statistics: year ending March 2024 (revised)
Concessionary bus travel statistics in England about the number of passes, bus journeys, reimbursement and expenditure.
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Finalised data on government support for buses was not available when these statistics were originally published (27 November 2024). The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) have since published that data so table BUS08 has been revised to include it.
In England, comparing the year ending March 2024 with the year ending March 2023, there were:
- 8.8 million older and disabled concessionary travel passes, up 1%
- 604 million concessionary bus journeys, up 6%
- £708 million reimbursed to bus operators by TCAs, down 6% (constant prices)
- £885 million in net current expenditure on concessionary travel, down 5% (constant prices)
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Updates to this page
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Revision to include financial data for year ending March 2024
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First published.