Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in what way funding for the removal of time restrictions on disabled persons’ concessionary bus passes from 1 April 2027 will be allocated between travel concession authorities; and what estimate the Department has made of the additional reimbursement costs for the West Midlands Combined Authority.

All local authorities will receive additional funding from April 2027 to support the removal of time restrictions on disabled persons’ concessionary bus passes. We are working with MHCLG to explore options for distributing the previously announced £60 million secured to implement this change in 2027/2028. Arrangements will be confirmed as part of the usual government finance processes later in the year.