Concessionary travel passes

Robert Eriksohn made this Freedom of Information request to City of York Council

The request was partially successful.

From: Robert Eriksohn

30 January 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

I would like to make a request as regards to the concessionary
travel arrangements in your authority under the terms of Freedom of
Information Act.

1. Does your authority provide concessionary travel passes to those
individuals registered with their local Social Services department
as disabled on the grounds of being a mental health user or
survivor?

2. If your authority does have such arrangements why was the
decision taken to extend the scheme in this way and what
arrangements are in place?

3. If your authority does not have such arrangements does your
authority have some other arrangement beyond the statuary minimum
to provide passes to those with mental health issues?

4. If your authority does not have such arrangements why was the
decision taken not to extend the scheme in this way and has
consideration been given to extending the scheme in this way in the
future?

5. Would it be possible to provide copies of any relevant policy
documents you may have?

Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Eriksohn

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From: Weeks, Fred
City of York Council

19 February 2009

Dear Mr Eriksohn

In your email, which we received on 02/02/2009, you asked for the following information:

1. Does your authority provide concessionary travel passes to those
individuals registered with their local Social Services department
as disabled on the grounds of being a mental health user or
survivor?

2. If your authority does have such arrangements why was the
decision taken to extend the scheme in this way and what
arrangements are in place?

3. If your authority does not have such arrangements does your
authority have some other arrangement beyond the statuary minimum
to provide passes to those with mental health issues?

4. If your authority does not have such arrangements why was the
decision taken not to extend the scheme in this way and has
consideration been given to extending the scheme in this way in the
future?

5. Would it be possible to provide copies of any relevant policy
documents you may have?

In response, I can advise you as follows:

1. The Council does not have access to records of individuals registered with their local Social Services department as disabled on the grounds of being a mental health user or survivor. As a member of the North Yorkshire Concessionary Fares Partnership, this Council provides concessionary travel passes to those eligible in accordance with the Transport Act 2000 and the Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007. We assess each application on the basis of individual circumstances and in line with Government guidance.

2. Not applicable.

3. The Scheme complies with Government guidance, and does not have other arrangements in place beyond the statutory minimum.

4. Not applicable.

5. The North Yorkshire Concessionary Fares Partnership does not have a policy document relevant to this matter. All applications are considered in line with Government guidance, which can be found at http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/buses...

If you have any queries regarding this request please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Yours sincerely.

F Weeks

(If you are not satisfied by the way this request has been handled you can make a complaint in writing to myself. After that, if you are still not satisfied, you have recourse to the Information Commissioner).

Fred Weeks
Customer Support Services Manager
Directorate of City Strategy
01904 551622

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