A support and information service for MCL's clients has been developed and made available.
28th January 2010
2010/11 Special Grant responses
www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/buses/concessionary/informationlocalauthorities/staholderbulletins/number21.pdf
Announcement of the proposed redistribution of available funds.
15th December 2009
Ticketing Strategy launched
www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/buses/concessionary/informationlocalauthorities/staholderbulletins/stakeholderbulletin20.pdf
The Smart and Integrated Ticketing Strategy aims to increase the coverage of
smart and integrated ticketing on public transport in England in order to improve
ticketing arrangements for passengers and encourage modal shift.
9th December 2009
Administrative reform, change in age of eligibility and re-imbursement
www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/buses/concessionary/informationlocalauthorities/staholderbulletins/stakeholderbulletinnumbr19.pdf
Moving administration of schemes to upper-tier authorities, increasing the age
of eligibility to 65 by 2020 and delay in revised re-imbursement guidance until
after Judicial Reviews.
4th November 2009
2010/11 Special Grant
www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/buses/concessionary/informationlocalauthorities/staholderbulletins/stakeholderbulletinnumbr18.pdf
An 8 week consultation period running to 30th December was launched regarding
the distribution of the concessionary travel special grant allocations to local
authorities for 2010/11. This consultation is in response to concerns
that have been raised by a number of local authorities over the current distribution
of the grant and follows a review of the costs incurred by authorities during
the first full year of the new concession. The consultation concerns the
distribution of the special grant of £223m available for 2010/11.
The document can be found at www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/buses/concessionary/informationlocalauthorities/
Links to other useful information
Department for Transport
www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/buses/concessionary
Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007
www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2007/pdf/ukpga_20070013_en.pdf
Technical Advice Note 1 (TAN 1)
Suggests ways in which Travel Concession Authorities (TCAs) can help blind and
partially sighted people to apply for and use the new passes. It is not a complete
guide, but signposts where further advice may be obtained. TCAs are encouraged
to contact the organisations listed within the TAN for further guidance.
Published: 03 January 2008
www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/buses/concessionary/tan1.pdf
Technical Advice Note 2 (TAN 2)
Outlines the changes to the basis for reimbursement of concessionary journeys
that will become a duty on Travel Concession Authorities (TCAs) from April 2008.
It considers the potential impact on bus service operation and recommends how
TCAs and Bus Operators should work together to ensure effective and stable on-bus
operations and the allocation of fare stages to individual TCAs for concessionary
reimbursement.
Published: 03 January 2008
www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/buses/concessionary/tan2.pdf
Technical Advice Note 3 (TAN 3)
Suggests a minimum level of data to be provided to each Travel Concession Authority
(TCA) by a Bus Operator to support concessionary travel reimbursement, and considers
the potential impact on bus service operation of recording and managing discretionary
entitlement transactional data for concessionary travel.
Published:
03 January 2008
www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/buses/concessionary/tan3.pdf
Technical Advice Note 4 (TAN 4)
Sseeks to establish wherever possible, a common set of operational standards
relating to the use of concessionary passes in England. It recommends how Travel
Concession Authorities (TCAs) and Bus Operators should work together to ensure
effective operation after 1 April 2008.
Published: 11 March 2008
www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/buses/concessionary/guidancetcasbusops
Reimbursement Analysis Tool (RAT)
This simple spreadsheet tool is designed to assist Travel Concession Authorities
(TCAs) and operators in calculating reimbursement due from concessionary fares
schemes. It should be used in conjunction with the appropriate written DfT guidance
the latest version of which can be found on the DfT website.
Published: 17 January 2008
Download the Reimbursement
Analysis Tool
Reimbursement guidance
Guidance for operators and local authorities for calculating reimbursement for
Concessionary Travel.
Published: 04 January 2008
www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/buses/concessionary/concessreimburseguid
Concessionary Bus Fares Reimbursement toolkit 0708
An analysis tool for authorities and operators alike
www.dft.gov.uk/172974/173001/toolkit0708