202300347360 · FOI · unclear
Young Persons' Concessionary Travel Scheme
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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