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Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
This publication covers the year to 31 March 2022, which includes periods during which restrictions and later guidelines were in place due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
In England, comparing the year ending March 2022 with the year ending March 2021, there were:
- 8.7 million older and disabled concessionary travel passes, down 3%
- 555 million concessionary bus journeys, up 104%
- 803 million reimbursed to bus operators by TCAs, down 5% (constant prices)
- 1.01 billion in net current expenditure on concessionary travel, down 6% (constant prices)
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