further to the answers to questions S6W-35787 and S6W-27244 by Jim Fairlie on 26 March 2025 and 13 May 2024 respectively, whether it will …

The following table shows a) the number of Young Persons’ Free Bus Travel Scheme cardholders broken down to local authority level as of 31 May 2025, and b) the number of journeys, broken down by local authority, made through the Young Persons’ Free Bus Travel Scheme since its launch in January 2022 up to 31 May 2025. Journeys are based on the local authority in which the card was issued, therefore some journeys will have been undertaken out with the local authority area.Local AuthorityCardholdersJourneysAberdeen City32,89012,965,715Aberdeenshire39,4626,422,788Angus Council15,2663,098,694Argyll & Bute10,1371,766,719City of Edinburgh90,47646,677,709Clackmannanshire5,7931,062,834Comhairle nan Eilean Siar3,234321,498Dumfries and Galloway16,7253,106,846Dundee City24,37710,008,686East Ayrshire18,4025,586,745East Dunbartonshire15,0523,012,501East Lothian17,5796,438,478East Renfrewshire16,0902,966,398Falkirk21,1623,295,980Fife62,11117,636,651Glasgow City94,98329,954,613Highland26,0024,707,157Inverclyde11,6753,385,868Midlothian14,9015,983,790Moray12,0491,880,556North Ayrshire20,6846,272,609North Lanarkshire52,6129,089,543Orkney Islands2,587316,030Perth & Kinross20,2555,065,882Renfrewshire26,3357,508,699Scottish Borders14,4282,976,138Shetland Islands3,551608,594South Ayrshire13,5083,242,870South Lanarkshire51,4098,284,182Stirling12,3392,811,432West Dunbartonshire14,4783,921,799West Lothian25,5595,382,597Total806,111225,760,601