Current status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 26 March 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-27244 by Jim Fairlie on 13 May 2024, whether it will provide an update on how many journeys have been made through the Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel scheme, broken down by local authority, based on the latest available data.
The following table shows the number of journeys, broken down by local authority, made through the Young Persons’ Free Bus Travel Scheme since its launch in January 2022 up to 28 February 2025. Journeys are based on the local authority in which the card was issued, therefore some journeys will have been undertaken outwith the local authority area.
Local Authority | Total Journeys |
Aberdeen City | 11,755,210 |
Aberdeenshire | 5,817,811 |
Angus Council | 2,795,910 |
Argyll & Bute | 1,592,223 |
City of Edinburgh | 42,368,125 |
Clackmannanshire | 949,142 |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 290,964 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 2,808,657 |
Dundee City | 9,078,908 |
East Ayrshire | 5,095,101 |
East Dunbartonshire | 2,729,489 |
East Lothian | 5,856,702 |
East Renfrewshire | 2,688,049 |
Falkirk | 2,943,570 |
Fife | 15,847,992 |
Glasgow City | 26,926,132 |
Highland | 4,210,245 |
Inverclyde | 3,073,230 |
Midlothian | 5,444,718 |
Moray | 1,703,065 |
North Ayrshire | 5,677,541 |
North Lanarkshire | 8,155,430 |
Orkney Islands | 285,724 |
Perth & Kinross | 4,563,953 |
Renfrewshire | 6,794,793 |
Scottish Borders | 2,696,004 |
Shetland Islands | 553,252 |
South Ayrshire | 2,923,356 |
South Lanarkshire | 7,440,121 |
Stirling | 2,524,385 |
West Dunbartonshire | 3,564,053 |
West Lothian | 4,880,594 |
Total | 204,034,449 |