Guidance

Clarification on eligibility for concessionary bus travel

Clarifies guidance for English local authorities on the automatic eligibility of disabled people for concessionary bus travel.

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This note aims to clarify the question of automatic eligibility for a disabled person鈥檚 bus pass in the Guidance for local authorities on eligibility for disabled people.

It does not replace the guidance, but clarifies that the decision whether someone is a 鈥榙isabled person鈥� for the purposes of concessionary travel is the responsibility of the relevant travel concession authority (TCA).

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Published 8 June 2016

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