Concessionary travel statistics: year ending March 2023
Concessionary bus travel statistics in England about the number of passes, bus journeys, reimbursement and expenditure.
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Financial data for local authorities are produced by Department for Levelling, Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). However, only provisional data on revenue outturn has been published as of 30 November 2023. Due to this, estimates for net current expenditure using DLUHC data have not been produced. Estimates from the Concessionary Travel survey are available in table BUS08d as they are collected directly from TCAs.
Population data are produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). However, the mid-2022 estimates were revised on 23 November, which did not leave sufficient time to use that data in this release. Due to this, mid-2021 estimates were used to calculate older concessionary passes per hundred eligible older people for the year ending March 2023.
We plan to update the published tables at a later date, once the:
- revenue outturn data has been finalised by DLUHC
- revised mid-year estimates from the ONS can be applied to the back series
In England, comparing the year ending March 2023 with the year ending March 2022, there were:
- 8.7 million older and disabled concessionary travel passes, no change
- 567 million concessionary bus journeys, up 15%
- £715 million reimbursed to bus operators by TCAs, down 17% (constant prices)
- £877 million in net current expenditure on concessionary travel, down 19% (constant prices)
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