Young Persons' Concessionary Travel Scheme
- Published
- 6 November 2023
- Topic
- Public sector
- FOI reference
- 202300347360
- Date received
- 14 March 2023
- Date responded
- 21 March 2023
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
You asked for the most recently held figures concerning the young persons' concessionary travel scheme, by local authority area.
Response
I can confirm that the figures you provided in Annex 1, copied below, are correct and the most recently held. I would confirm that these figures are correct as at close of business on 28 February 2023. This information is not routinely published on the Transport Scotland or Scottish Government websites
|
Location / Age Range (as at 28 February 2023) |
Journeys |
Cardholders |
Uptake against estimated eligible population |
|---|---|---|---|
|
National |
50,454,712 |
590,178 |
63.5% |
|
Aberdeen City |
2,844,252 |
25,804 |
72.1% |
|
Aberdeenshire |
1,444,539 |
29,086 |
60.6% |
|
Angus Council |
687,393 |
11,466 |
59.4% |
|
Argyll & Bute |
375,225 |
6,803 |
51.2% |
|
City of Edinburgh |
11,262,596 |
71,975 |
89.4% |
|
Clackmannanshire |
205,802 |
3,665 |
40.6% |
|
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar |
66,793 |
1,696 |
40.4% |
|
Dumfries and Galloway |
679,708 |
10,058 |
42.8% |
|
Dundee City |
2,629,882 |
19,787 |
77.9% |
|
East Ayrshire |
1,409,616 |
15,594 |
74.7% |
|
East Dunbartonshire |
647,277 |
10,387 |
52.8% |
|
East Lothian |
1,583,612 |
13,016 |
66.8% |
|
East Renfrewshire |
605,695 |
11,231 |
55.7% |
|
Falkirk |
632,548 |
11,505 |
41.2% |
|
Fife |
3,893,614 |
49,420 |
74.5% |
|
Glasgow City |
6,126,882 |
62,867 |
62.3% |
|
Highland |
907,519 |
17,395 |
44.2% |
|
Inverclyde |
779,501 |
11,237 |
89.0% |
|
Midlothian |
1,388,400 |
10,545 |
60.5% |
|
Moray |
426,150 |
8,276 |
50.2% |
|
North Ayrshire |
1,307,128 |
18,616 |
81.7% |
|
North Lanarkshire |
1,825,580 |
37,906 |
60.3% |
|
Orkney Islands |
64,310 |
1,647 |
46.4% |
|
Perth & Kinross |
1,068,374 |
14,542 |
58.2% |
|
Renfrewshire |
1,657,819 |
19,847 |
65.9% |
|
Scottish Borders |
682,356 |
10,239 |
53.7% |
|
Shetland Islands |
151,193 |
2,669 |
64.7% |
|
South Ayrshire |
626,539 |
9,525 |
53.3% |
|
South Lanarkshire |
1,670,241 |
35,597 |
64.4% |
|
Stirling |
570,089 |
8,375 |
50.7% |
|
West Dunbartonshire |
855,211 |
10,563 |
68.6% |
|
West Lothian |
1,378,868 |
18,839 |
53.1% |
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