Question reference: S4W-10611
- Asked by: Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 26 October 2012
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Current status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 November 2012
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much on average the national concessionary travel scheme saves people who use it each year.
Answer
Through the National Older and Disabled Persons Concessionary Travel Scheme, the average saving per year is approximately £230 to each of the 1.23 million people holding a National Entitlement Card. This may be estimated from figures for 2011-12, in which the total number of journeys made were 148m and the average fare per journey was £1.92.