31,305 OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN WEST LOTHIAN TO BENEFIT FROM FREE BUS TRAVEL

Published date : 02 March, 2020

The new concessionary scheme was set out in the Scottish Government’s budget, which will give free bus travel to those aged 18 and under.

Latest figures produced by National Records of Scotland estimate there were 15,183 of people aged between 5 and 18 in Almond Valley in 2018.

The Scottish Government will undertake work on design and due diligence with a view to introducing such a scheme in January 2021.

Commenting, Angela Constance MSP said:

“Free bus travel will be an enormous benefit to young people in West Lothian – keeping money in their pockets and improving their opportunities to work, study and socialise.

“Alongside the £500 million investment in bus infrastructure previously announced by the Scottish Government, this radical and innovative approach will help deliver a step change in the use of public transport.

“Encouraging the use of public transport is an essential part of our world-leading efforts to tackle the climate emergency.

“Concessionary travel has brought enormous benefits to those aged over 60 and I’m delighted that it will now be extended to young people.”

ENDS

Estimated population by Scottish Parliament constituency, mid-2018, aged 5-18 (inclusive)

Aberdeen Central	8434
Aberdeen Donside	11375
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine	11779
Aberdeenshire East	13041
Aberdeenshire West	13013
Airdrie and Shotts	11616
Almond Valley	15183
Angus North and Mearns	11100
Angus South	11084
Argyll and Bute	8260
Ayr	10425
Banffshire and Buchan Coast	11556
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross	10348
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	11357
Clackmannanshire and Dunblane	11127
Clydebank and Milngavie	11486
Clydesdale	11111
Coatbridge and Chryston	12155
Cowdenbeath	11437
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	10580
Cunninghame North	9926
Cunninghame South	10749
Dumbarton	10972
Dumfriesshire	10725
Dundee City East	10203
Dundee City West	10861
Dunfermline	12550
East Kilbride	11706
East Lothian	13157
Eastwood	13758
Edinburgh Central	8146
Edinburgh Eastern	12199
Edinburgh Northern and Leith	10294
Edinburgh Pentlands	12660
Edinburgh Southern	9703
Edinburgh Western	13577
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire	9513
Falkirk East	12507
Falkirk West	12571
Galloway and West Dumfries	10519
Glasgow Anniesland	11355
Glasgow Cathcart	10205
Glasgow Kelvin	7252
Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn	10751
Glasgow Pollok	13266
Glasgow Provan	11433
Glasgow Shettleston	10786
Glasgow Southside	9160
Greenock and Inverclyde	10625
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse	11455
Inverness and Nairn	13833
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley	12788
Kirkcaldy	12299
Linlithgow	16122
Mid Fife and Glenrothes	10929
Midlothian North and Musselburgh	13624
Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale	12600
Moray	12546
Motherwell and Wishaw	12373
Na h-Eileanan an Iar	3873
North East Fife	9929
Orkney Islands	3219
Paisley	10364
Perthshire North	9827
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire	12671
Renfrewshire North and West	10157
Renfrewshire South	10932
Rutherglen	11830
Shetland Islands	3768
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch	11452
Stirling	11411
Strathkelvin and Bearsden	12319
Uddingston and Bellshill	11942

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31,305 OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN WEST LOTHIAN TO BENEFIT FROM FREE BUS TRAVEL

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