202300358595 · FOI · unclear
Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel Scheme: FOI release
Information requested
Your request asked that we; please send the uptake stats for the Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel Scheme, broken down by local authority. Please also send the estimated percentage of those eligible who have claimed a free bus travel card.
Response
As at the end of the day 31 May 2023, there have been 68,164,793 journeys made under the Young Persons’ (under 22s) Free Bus Travel Scheme. At the same date, there were 635,220 cardholders, representing 68.3% of the estimated eligible population in Scotland.
The table below provides a breakdown of journeys, cardholders and uptake as at the end of the day 31 May 2023.
Location / Age Range Journeys Cardholders Uptake against estimated eligible population National 68,164,793 635,220 68.3% Aberdeen City 3,887,211 26,984 75.4% Aberdeenshire 1,940,212 31,536 65.7% Angus Council 931,632 12,716 65.9% Argyll & Bute 514,348 7,397 55.7% City of Edinburgh 15,059,065 75,065 93.3% Clackmannanshire 283,846 4,157 46.0% Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 92,043 2,015 48.0% Dumfries and Galloway 919,712 11,987 51.0% Dundee City 3,427,533 20,873 82.1% East Ayrshire 1,855,447 16,022 76.7% East Dunbartonshire 882,991 11,397 57.9% East Lothian 2,111,321 14,347 73.6% East Renfrewshire 825,067 12,747 63.2% Falkirk 864,188 12,539 44.8% Fife 5,255,332 52,513 79.1% Glasgow City 8,384,480 67,615 67.0% Highland 1,251,432 18,607 47.3% Inverclyde 1,051,266 11,318 89.7% Midlothian 1,910,754 11,715 67.3% Moray 580,156 9,237 56.1% North Ayrshire 1,811,412 19,027 83.5% North Lanarkshire 2,512,485 42,160 67.1% Orkney Islands 88,461 1,803 50.8% Perth & Kinross 1,455,004 15,938 63.8% Renfrewshire 2,256,686 21,346 70.9% Scottish Borders 910,476 11,365 59.6% Shetland Islands 191,526 2,825 68.5% South Ayrshire 869,529 10,441 58.4% South Lanarkshire 2,295,395 38,326 69.4% Stirling 783,250 9,203 55.7% West Dunbartonshire 1,164,454 12,082 78.4% West Lothian 1,798,079 19,917 56.1% 5-11 27,866,432 (40.9%) 201,570 52.7% 12-15 176,968 78.7% 16-21 40,298,361 (59.1%) 256,682 80.0%
Cardholder data is supplied by the National Entitlement Card Programme Office (NECPO). NECPO supports the 32 local authorities by assisting with the integration of various national and local public services on the National Entitlement Card (NEC) and are the joint controller with local authorities of this data. The figure includes travel products collected from the Transport Scot Pass Collect mobile app.
The Improvement Service (IS) is the accountable body for the National Entitlement Card (NEC) scheme and cards are delivered by the National Entitlement Card Programme Office (NECPO) on behalf of local authorities.
The data refers to the number of young people with a valid card but does not include products which either start in the future or have expired. Figures provided by NECPO, as at close of business 31 May 2023.
Uptake refers to the number of cardholders versus the estimated eligible population of young people in each respective area.
Data reporting for the Young Persons’ Free Bus Travel Scheme is undertaken on a monthly basis, following the end of each calendar month.
Journeys are based on the local authority which issued the card. Some journeys will have been undertaken out with the local authority area.
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