Written Question · S6W-14072 · Session 6
Further to the answer to question S6W-12396 by Jenny Gilruth on 5 December 2022, whether it will provide an update on how many young people…
The question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12396 by Jenny Gilruth on 5 December 2022, whether it will provide an update 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 area, based on the latest information available.
The answer
The table below shows the number of cardholders under the Young Persons’ Free Bus Travel Scheme as of the end of the day on 31 December 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
564,483
Aberdeen City
24,772
Aberdeenshire
27,427
Angus Council
10,432
Argyll & Bute
6,492
City of Edinburgh
69,071
Clackmannanshire
3,269
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
1,610
Dumfries and Galloway
9,724
Dundee City
19,440
East Ayrshire
15,400
East Dunbartonshire
9,885
East Lothian
12,573
East Renfrewshire
10,221
Falkirk
10,798
Fife
48,147
Glasgow City
60,225
Highland
16,660
Inverclyde
11,158
Midlothian
9,928
Moray
7,927
North Ayrshire
17,729
North Lanarkshire
34,805
Orkney Islands
1,540
Perth & Kinross
13,713
Renfrewshire
19,255
Scottish Borders
9,971
Shetland Islands
2,639
South Ayrshire
8,739
South Lanarkshire
34,508
Stirling
7,900
West Dunbartonshire
10,345
West Lothian
18,180
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
564,483
Aberdeen City
24,772
Aberdeenshire
27,427
Angus Council
10,432
Argyll & Bute
6,492
City of Edinburgh
69,071
Clackmannanshire
3,269
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
1,610
Dumfries and Galloway
9,724
Dundee City
19,440
East Ayrshire
15,400
East Dunbartonshire
9,885
East Lothian
12,573
East Renfrewshire
10,221
Falkirk
10,798
Fife
48,147
Glasgow City
60,225
Highland
16,660
Inverclyde
11,158
Midlothian
9,928
Moray
7,927
North Ayrshire
17,729
North Lanarkshire
34,805
Orkney Islands
1,540
Perth & Kinross
13,713
Renfrewshire
19,255
Scottish Borders
9,971
Shetland Islands
2,639
South Ayrshire
8,739
South Lanarkshire
34,508
Stirling
7,900
West Dunbartonshire
10,345
West Lothian
18,180
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S6W-14072 by reference.