Costs breakdown for National Concessionary Travel Schemes: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002


Information requested

Full costs of running all the free bus schemes offered by Transport Scotland since 2021, with a breakdown per scheme, per year, and what the money was used for?

Response

The tables below provides the costs for the National Concessionary Travel Schemes from 2021/22 to 2024/25.

Please note that, as operators have up to 12 months to claim for journey reimbursement, some figures may be subject to change. It should also be noted that some of the operating costs are incurred for both schemes and cannot be split, these costs are included within the operating costs listed in the table for the Older and Disabled Persons’ Free Bus Travel Scheme.

Older and Disabled Persons’ Free Bus Travel Scheme

Financial year

Operator reimbursement costs

Operating costs

Total

2021/2022

222,647,748.42

2,571,615.18

225,219,363.60

2022/2023

156,039,056.56

3,045,445.97

159,084,502.53

2023/2024

187,960,183.37

3,299,801.03

191,259,984.40

2024/2025

203,827,949.43

3,186,395.00

207,014,344.43

Young Persons’ Free Bus Travel Scheme

Financial year

Operator reimbursement costs

Operating costs

Total

2021/2022

5,968,450.72

3,838,926.19

9,807,376.91

2022/2023

107,810,797.60

399,486.57

108,210,284.17

2023/2024

164,222,519.17

935,309.52

165,157,828.69

2024/2025

189,969,929.81

1,134,731.05

191,104,660.86

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