9. 7. Welsh Conservatives Debate: Concessionary Bus and Rail Travel for Young People

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:17 pm on 18 October 2017.

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Photo of Ken Skates Ken Skates Labour 5:17, 18 October 2017

As the Member will be aware, it’s based on a no better, no worse-off scenario, and therefore the reimbursement is based on the amount of trips that a young person will make. Now, your scheme, as you’ve proposed, would supposedly cost just £25 million, and yet it would apply to 350,000 people. I mean, cost per person would be just £71 per year. I’m not sure how many journeys that would buy at a day’s adult rate, but I don’t think it’s many, and it’s certainly less than the 200 journeys that are expected to be made with the introduction of such a scheme.