Overview

• Enhanced-rate PIP mobility awardees remain entitled to free off-peak bus travel across England under the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme.
• Recipients of the higher-rate Disability Living Allowance mobility component and Blue Badge holders retain pass eligibility regardless of PIP assessment outcomes.
• State pensioners from age 66, unpaid carers and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme beneficiaries continue to qualify for free or reduced-cost passes.
• The scheme carries an annual cost of about £700 million, is supported by a £955 million central grant for 2025–26 and saves holders roughly £500 a year.
• Campaigners are urging local councils and ministers to use discretionary powers to lower the eligibility age from 66 to 60.