Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

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

The £60 million funding for Free bus travel 24/7 for disabled people comes from existing Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Department for Transport (DfT) budgets. It is made up of a £40 million contribution from DWP, and a £20 million contribution from DfT. The precise budgets for 2027/28 that will support this measure will be agreed through DWPs internal allocations process, which will conclude ahead of the new financial year.