Written Question · S6W-12396 · Session 6
Further to the answer to question S6W-10307 by Jenny Gilruth on 20 September 2022, whether it will provide updated figures on how many youn…
The question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10307 by Jenny Gilruth on 20 September 2022, whether it will provide updated figures on how many young people have now received a free bus pass through the Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel scheme, broken down by local authority, based on the latest information available.
The answer
The following table shows the number of cardholders under the Young Persons’ Free Bus Travel Scheme as of the end of the day on 21 November 2022, broken down to local authority level.
This data is supplied by the National Entitlement Card Programme Office (NECPO). NECPO support the 32 local authorities by assisting with the integration of various national and local public services on the National Entitlement Card (NEC) and are the joint controller with local authorities of this data. The table includes travel products collected from the Transport Scot Pass Collect mobile application.
Total
548,200
Aberdeen City
24,210
Aberdeenshire
26,796
Angus Council
7,941
Argyll & Bute
6,240
City of Edinburgh
67,950
Clackmannanshire
3,138
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
1,565
Dumfries and Galloway
9,533
Dundee City
19,129
East Ayrshire
15,221
East Dunbartonshire
9,593
East Lothian
12,313
East Renfrewshire
9,861
Falkirk
10,445
Fife
47,505
Glasgow City
58,799
Highland
16,209
Inverclyde
11,078
Midlothian
9,595
Moray
7,733
North Ayrshire
17,092
North Lanarkshire
33,609
Orkney Islands
1,493
Perth & Kinross
13,242
Renfrewshire
18,904
Scottish Borders
9,798
Shetland Islands
2,621
South Ayrshire
7,677
South Lanarkshire
33,319
Stirling
7,650
West Dunbartonshire
10,200
West Lothian
17,741
This data is supplied by the National Entitlement Card Programme Office (NECPO). NECPO support the 32 local authorities by assisting with the integration of various national and local public services on the National Entitlement Card (NEC) and are the joint controller with local authorities of this data. The table includes travel products collected from the Transport Scot Pass Collect mobile application.
Total
548,200
Aberdeen City
24,210
Aberdeenshire
26,796
Angus Council
7,941
Argyll & Bute
6,240
City of Edinburgh
67,950
Clackmannanshire
3,138
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
1,565
Dumfries and Galloway
9,533
Dundee City
19,129
East Ayrshire
15,221
East Dunbartonshire
9,593
East Lothian
12,313
East Renfrewshire
9,861
Falkirk
10,445
Fife
47,505
Glasgow City
58,799
Highland
16,209
Inverclyde
11,078
Midlothian
9,595
Moray
7,733
North Ayrshire
17,092
North Lanarkshire
33,609
Orkney Islands
1,493
Perth & Kinross
13,242
Renfrewshire
18,904
Scottish Borders
9,798
Shetland Islands
2,621
South Ayrshire
7,677
South Lanarkshire
33,319
Stirling
7,650
West Dunbartonshire
10,200
West Lothian
17,741
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S6W-12396 by reference.