3. 3. Statement: Consultations on Concessionary Bus Travel

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:34 pm on 10 October 2017.

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Photo of Ken Skates Ken Skates Labour 3:34, 10 October 2017

Sixteen to 24. At the moment, the scheme—[Interruption.] Costed with a dodgy calculator from a joke shop, I think. The scheme currently provides approximately 1.5 million passenger journeys per year and costs £1 million, but that’s only for a third off. If you were to then calculate 35 million passenger journeys, you’re looking at a whole lot more, which makes it unaffordable within the current budget envelope that’s been applied to it. Nonetheless, as I said to Russell George, I do welcome your contribution to this important debate, and if the figures can—[Interruption.] And if the figures can stack up—