Agreement with the Confederation of Passenger Transport UK (CPT)
The Scotland-wide free bus scheme for Older and Disabled People builds on an agreement with the Confederation of Passenger Transport UK (CPT), the representative body for bus operators. The agreement commits the operators to an unrestricted Scotland-wide free bus travel scheme for older and disabled people at agreed levels of payment.
Here is an outline of the agreement between Scottish Ministers and CPT date 27 October 2004 which underlines the scheme.
A scanned version of the signed agreement letter from Scottish Executive to CPT is available in PDF format (87 Kb)
A PDF version of the agreement letter from Scottish Executive to CPT is available (153 Kb)
The CPT agreement letter to the Scottish Executive is available (1 Mb)
Consultation on the free bus scheme
A consultation on the legislation that underpins the Scotland-wide Free Bus Scheme for Older and Disabled People was run between October 2005 and December 2005. A copy of the consultation paper is available from the Scottish Executive website.
In drawing up these proposals, we have worked closely with bus operators, managers of current concessionary schemes and representatives from the Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland (MACS) to draw on their experience and knowledge in developing the scheme proposals.
Over 130 responses were received commenting on issues raised in the consultation paper. The Executive website holds a copy of the non-confidential responses.
The consultation paper asked five questions based on the draft legislation for the new scheme. The Executive website contains the response to question 1 and question 4 of the consultation paper which dealt with the technical proposals of the Scheme Order and Eligible Services. A further response will be issued outlining the Executive's response to the remainder of the consultation paper.
