Concessionary bus passes (FOI)Concessionary bus passes (FOI)
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05 April 2019.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
What is the annual cost to the States of Jersey, and to Liberty Bus if such statistics are publically available, of providing free bus passes to every Island resident aged 65 or over, regardless of means and / or ability to drive?
Response
The annual cost, rounded to the nearest thousand, of reimbursing LibertyBus for the journeys recorded against concessionary travel passes is set out below.
Year | Concession | AvanchiAccess |
| 2013 | £574,000 | |
| 2014 | £630,000 | |
| 2015 | £675,000 | |
| 2016 | £720,000 | |
| 2017 | £735,000 | £80,000 |
| 2018 | £750,000 | £125,000 |
| 2019 | £800,000 | £172,000 |
The figures for concession passes include a small proportion of persons aged under 65. It is not possible to accurately disaggregate this cost.
The figures for AvanchiAccess, the pilot travel pass scheme launched in 2017 for persons with a prescribed disability, are shown for completeness. The figures for 2019 are a forecast based on previous years’ trends.
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