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WQ.378/2019
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE BY DEPUTY K.G. PAMPLIN OF ST. SAVIOUR
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 10th SEPTEMBER 2019
Question
Will the Minister provide an anonymised breakdown of the Islanders who have signed up for, and who are using, the trial Disability Access card with Liberty Bus, including a full cost basis analysis?
Answer
As at the end of August 2019, there were 615 AvanchiAccess passes in circulation, issued to 307 females and 308 males. These numbers can be broken down into the following age groups:-
Age group Female Male 5-9 3 0 10-14 4 7 15-19 18 16 20-24 24 33 25-29 23 18 30-34 18 19 35-39 27 13 40-44 22 31 45-49 36 34 50-54 45 30 55-59 51 50 60-64 34 48 65-70 2 9
Because the scheme is only open to applicants aged under 65, passholders who have fallen into in the 65- 70 age group since their AvanchiAccess card was originally issued will be invited to obtain the Senior Citizens' concessionary travel pass when their AvanchiAccess passes expire.
Usage data is not yet available for 2019. In 2018 over 71,000 passenger trips were recorded where an AvanchiAccess pass was used. The reimbursement paid to LibertyBus in respect of these trips totalled £106,596. There were 509 passes in circulation at the end of 2018 that had been used once or more during the year, of which 290 (57%) had been used an average of more than once per week and 53 (10.4%) had been used an average of more than once per day.