Calculations £4.74 x 16 trips = £75.84 per person per year £75.84 x 12,768 (NEC eye / eye +1 card holders) = £968,325.12 £968,352.12 x 2 (to account for companions) = £1,936,650.24 Key Figures and Findings Chapter 2: Bus and Coach Travel (transport.gov.scot) Summary Transport Statistics • 1.4 million people had a National Entitlement Card (NEC) in 2020 • Of this, 12,768 hold the eye or the eye +1 card (this accounts for 0.9% of all NEC holders) • Of those who have a NEC for a disability or visual impairment 73% have the +1 entitlement to travel with a companion Chapter 7: Rail Services (transport.gov.scot) • 2018-2019: 43.5 million reduced fare journeys out of 92 million journeys • 2019-2020: 96.4 million passengers Disability and Transport: Findings from the Scottish Household Survey • Reasons for not using the train more were not greatly different between disabled and non-disabled people, although ‘cost’ was named by more disabled people than non-disabled people (16% compared to 12%) • ‘Health reasons’ were given by 3% of disabled people compared to 0% of non-disabled people • Average household incomes for disabled people tend to be lower than for those who are not (median £19,778 compared to £31,800) • Those whose condition affects their ability to carry out activities a lot have lower household incomes than those whose condition affects everyday activities a little (£18,793 compared to £21,184) • 18% of disabled people used the train in the past month, compared to 34% of those not disabled.