concessonary travel

Robert Eriksohn made this Freedom of Information request to Department for Transport

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From: Robert Eriksohn

28 January 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

I would like to under the FOI act to request information relating
to the prevision of concessonary travel passes for people with
mental health issues.

In preparing the concessonary travel scheme what consideration was
given to extending the scheme to include people registered as
disabled with a local authority under the catergary of mental
health user or survivor?

Can you include copies of all relevant minutes and discussions
including those at ministerial level, unless this would be a
diperposonate cost in which case please provide a summery of said
meetings/ discussed?

What guidance if any has the DFT issued to concessonary travel
authorities regarding the issue of such passes to those with mental
health issues?

Has any consideration been given to extending the scheme in future
to include those registered with a local authority as disabled on
mental health grounds.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Eriksohn

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From: Grace Hansford
Department for Transport

5 March 2009

Attachment 090225 F0004943 Eriksohn reply Disability eligibility mental.doc
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Attachment 090225 F0004943 Eriksohn HoC Paper on on the Bill.pdf
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Dear Mr Eriksohn,

Many thanks for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act. Please see the attached documents pertaining to your request:

1. The first is the Department's response on a Word document for ease of printing/ saving.

2. The House of Commons Research Paper on the Concessionary Travel Bill, referred to in our response.

If you have difficulty in opening either of the documents, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards,

Grace Hansford,
Concessionary Travel Division

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