Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have obtained a Disabled Person’s Railcard in each of the last five years.
The table below presents the number of one and three year disabled persons railcards issued annually from April 2017 to March 2022. Periodic data is also available from the Office of Rail and Road’s website which is available here:
https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/passenger-experience/disabled-persons-railcards/
Table: Number of existing and newly issued, and one year and three year Disabled Persons Railcards (DPRC) issued, Great Britain | |||
Financial Year | Number of existing and newly issued DPRC in circulation as at 31 March | Number of one year DPRC issued | Number of three year DPRC issued |
April 2017 to March 2018 | 222,616 | 108,402 | 39,656 |
April 2018 to March 2019 | 239,037 | 115,494 | 44,697 |
April 2019 to March 2020 | 246,336 | 115,518 | 46,465 |
April 2020 to March 2021 | 148,608 | 39,462 | 17,984 |
April 2021 to March 2022 | 218,448 | 106,219 | 47,780 |
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Disabled Persons Railcards (DPRC) in circulation and issued, (Table 4310) Notes: The number of issued DPRCs was severely impacted in the year April 2020 to March 2021 due to the COVID19 pandemic. |