Written question WQ83648
- Asked by
- Andrew RT DaviesConservative
- To be answered by
- Minister for Climate Change
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 8 days
Question
Will the Minister provide a breakdown of the uptake of the MyTravelPass for all 16 to 21 year-olds by local authority per annum since its introduction?
Answer
Answered by Deputy Minister for Climate Change
The number of Discount Young Persons Bus pass issued per annum are below.
We are unable to break this down by issuing authority as the cards have been issued under the same issuing authority “WG National Youth Cards”.
Year
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Total MyTravelPass issued
2,404
5,117
9,297
9,101
18,217
9,098
4,701
Notes:
• September 2015 – March 2017 Pilot Scheme launched for 16, 17 and 18 year olds
• 2018 announced that the age limit was to be increased (following public consultation) to include 19, 20 and 21 year olds (up to day before their 22nd birthday). Some of those card holders whose cards had expired either during the pilot or after the previous Transport Minister announced it was continuing when they had turned nineteen, will have re-applied for a Discount Young Person pass and been included in figures from 2019 onwards.
• These figures exclude replacement cards issued for damaged, lost or stolen passes.
• The calendar year 2021 data is to 30th