Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2026 to Question 30027 on Bus Services: Concessions, which (a) programmes and (b) budgets within her Department will be reprioritised to fund the £60 million cost of extending free bus travel for disabled people in 2027-28; and how much funding will be reallocated from each.

The Department for Transport will provide £20 million towards the cost of removing the time restrictions on disabled persons’ bus passes in 2027-28, with the remaining £40 million being provided by the Department for Work and Pensions.

Funding will be met from within the Department for Transport's existing 2027-28 budgets. Decisions on the allocation of funding between departmental programmes and budgets have not yet been finalised and will be determined through the Department's normal business planning process ahead of the financial year.

This is a permanent policy change and funding for future years will be confirmed at the next Spending Review.