Bus: Concessionary passes for residents with long-term disability

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A decision made 15 August 2016:

Decision Reference: MD-T-2016-0073
Decision Summary Title:	Provision of concessionary bus passes for Jersey residents with a prescribed long-term disability which prevents them from being able to drive		Date of Decision Summary:	11 August 2016
Decision Summary Author:	Public Transport Planner		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Provision of concessionary bus passes for Jersey residents with a prescribed long-term disability which prevents them from being able to drive		Date of Written Report:	11 August 2016
Written Report Author:	Public Transport Planner		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Provision of concessionary bus passes for Jersey residents with a prescribed long-term disability which prevents them from being able to drive.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the report and directed that the scheme be introduced as outlined in the report, depending on funding being made available through the MTFP2.
Reason(s) for Decision: Following the States’ unanimous adoption of P.140/2015, it is proposed to introduce a pilot concessionary travel facility for Jersey residents with a prescribed long-term disability which prevents them from being able to drive, depending on funding being allocated as recommended within and for the period of the Medium Term Financial Plan Addition. The proposed funding is to be made available from the Car Parks Trading Fund, which is consistent with the remit of the Fund agreed by the States with the adoption of the proposition Car Parking Charges: allocation of additional income to the funding of transport initiatives (P.147/2004).
Resource Implications: Based on a projected level of uptake that falls approximately mid-way between the lower and upper estimates, a sum of £600,000 per year over the period 2017 to 2019 is to be passed from Jersey Car Parks to the Department for Infrastructure budget.
Action required: Officers to discuss and agree with LibertyBus the appropriate application and administration procedures, and confirm a date on which the scheme will be introduced.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Infrastructure
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: