Proposed changes to disabled person's NoWcard scheme

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Purpose	We want to hear your views on proposals to remove a discounted one pound fare currently available for holders of a disabled person's NoWcard travelling before 9.30am Monday to Friday. Lancashire County Council operates the mandatory English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS). In Lancashire this scheme is provided through NoWcard. The NoWcard scheme allows free bus travel (and free travel on Blackpool Tramway to Wyre residents) for NoWcard pass holders from Mondays to Fridays between 9.30am and 11pm and all day on Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays. This is part of the English national scheme (ENCTS) and there are no plans to change this offer. On top of the mandatory free travel scheme, a discretionary extra concession is also available to holders of the disabled person's NoWcard in Lancashire. The extra concession discounts journeys to a one pound flat fare on journeys made before 9.30am on Mondays to Fridays. A proposal to remove the additional extra concession for holders of the disabled person's NoWcard is being considered as part of a package of savings proposals over the next two years. If the discretionary extra discount for weekday journeys made before 9.30am was withdrawn, disabled NoWcard pass holders would be charged the commercial bus fare for the journey. Currently fares are capped at 2 pounds for a single bus journey until 31 December 2024. The government is expected to make announcements in the Autumn statement that may relate to these types of schemes. On 23 February 2024 the county council's Cabinet agreed to consult on proposals to remove the discretionary extra concession and we would like to hear your views. Following the consultation, a report outlining the results will be presented to the county councils cabinet for a final decision.
Subject	Public transport
Commissioned by	Public and Integrated Transport

Geographic area	All of Lancashire
Method	Questionnaire - online
Consultation with	General public
Date	07/10/2024 - 25/11/2024
Undertaken by	Business Intelligence Research

Project document(s)

Questionnaire(s)

• Easy read questionnaire
• Large print questionnaire
• Paper questionnaire

Contact information

For more information about this research contact:

Tel 0300 123 6737
Email: Nowcard@lancashire.gov.uk