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ALMOST 16,000 YOUNG PEOPLE IN WEST LOTHIAN BENEFITING FROM FREE BUS TRAVEL

ALMOST 16,000 YOUNG PEOPLE IN WEST LOTHIAN BENEFITING FROM FREE BUS TRAVEL

Published date : 23 September, 2022

Angela Constance MSP, has today welcomed the news that 15,987 children and young people in West Lothian are benefiting from free bus travel since the introduction of the Scottish Government's scheme for under 22's. In figures released yesterday, the Scottish Government revealed that - as of 12 September 2022 - a total of 483,931 children and young people across Scotland are cardholders under the Young Persons’ Free Bus Travel Scheme and that a total of 21,723,100 journeys made under the Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel Scheme since its introduction. Commenting Ms Constance said: "It is brilliant that so many children and young people in West Lothian are already benefiting from the Scottish Government's free bus travel and I want to make sure that even more young people take advantage of this. "This initiative is not only about helping our young people get about more often and more easily - whether that be local journeys or journeys right across Scotland - but it is also about embedding more sustainable travel behaviour from a young age which will support all of our efforts to tackle the climate emergency. "It also is a key way of maintaining vital services in many areas, especially rural or outlying ones, and can provide help to people struggling with the cost of living crisis right now - by making travel affordable." ENDS

 

NOTES

 

Table (below) shows the number of cardholders under the Young Persons’ Free Bus Travel Scheme

 

Local Authority

Cardholders

Aberdeen City

         21,431

Aberdeenshire

         24,031

Angus Council

            7,120

Argyll & Bute

            5,589

City of Edinburgh

         58,777

Clackmannanshire

            2,780

Comhairie nan Eilean Siar

            1,382

Dumfries and Galloway

            8,739

Dundee City

         17,282

East Ayrshire

         14,084

East Dunbartonshire

            8,340

East Lothian

         11,226

East Renfrewshire

            8,723

Falkirk

            9,054

Fife

         41,233

Glasgow City

         52,152

Highland

         13,341

Inverclyde

         10,775

Midlothian

            8,507

Moray

            6,996

North Ayrshire

         15,812

North Lanarkshire

         27,591

Orkney Islands

            1,288

Perth & Kinross

         12,039

Renfrewshire

         17,193

Scottish Borders

            9,087

Shetland Islands

            2,487

South Ayrshire

            6,492

South Lanarkshire

         28,143

Stirling

            6,612

West Dunbartonshire

            9,638

West Lothian

         15,987

Total

483,931


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