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(Paul Terry) wrote:

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"John @ home" writes

The House of Commons Library published a paper last month describing
bus concessionary fare schemes in the UK.

http://www.parliament.uk/briefingpap.../briefings/snb
t-01499.pdf

Yesterday, they published another paper describing a proposal in 2002
to limit bus concessions for older and disabled people to a half fare.
I wonder why?

http://www.parliament.uk/briefingpap.../briefings/snb
t-02009.pdf

The coalition government wants to review the financing of the
scheme, while at the same time being committed to free travel for
the people concerned.

AIUI, from comments in u.t.l. by Colin Rosentheil and others, the
costs don't fall equitably on local authorities at present - in
particular, those that are popular holiday resorts or tourist
destinations end up paying for a lot of "out of area" visitors.

It appears that the funding will shift from District to County councils in
2011. That will smooth things out a bit but still needs a grant formula
which relates more closely to actual expenditure.

--
Colin Rosenstiel