Results to the questions on

Concessionary Passes in

Dorset

Why did we consult the public?

Dorset County Council needs to save money.

We need to make changes to concessionary passes to help continue bus services in Dorset.

What have we proposed?

Dorset County Council proposed this change:

Removal of free travel before 9:30am on routes that have no other services until after 10.30am.

These extra services will stay the same:

The Companion Scheme

Free travel before 9:30am for blind and partially sighted pass holders

Free travel for East Dorset passes

Consultation Period

The consultation ran for six weeks between these dates:

Thursday 1st December 2016

and

Friday 13th January 2017

Response Totals

1427 people completed the

questionnaire.

1169 people completed

the questions on the

internet

258 People completed

the questions by hand

The Results

1145 of the responses were from people who

have concessionary pass holders

279 of the responses were from people who do

not have a concessionary pass

608 (42.9%) people agreed or strongly

agreed with the proposals.

668 (47.1%) people disagreed or

strongly disagreed with the proposals.

142 (10%) people were unsure on their

view about the proposals.

These are the top 5 reasons of how people would be

affected by the proposed changes:

1. It will affect access to my health and medical

appointments

2. Early travel on my local bus route will be affected

3. It will not be possible to get to where I need to go

4. I will have to pay the fare as I need to travel early

5. Return and long journeys will become more difficult

We also asked people if they would be

willing to pay a flat fare for the use of

their concessionary pass in the future.

The results of this are shown below.

PLEASE NOTE: Dorset County Council

cannot do this at present due to national

law.

793 (56.8%)people said they would be

willing to pay an additional flat fare

602 (43.2%) of people said they would

not be willing to pay an additional flat

fare

Gender

762 (53.9%) of the respondents were male

596 (42.1%) of the respondents were

female

56 (4.0%) of the respondents preferred

not to say their gender

Age

Peoples ages from the responses where:

15 or under - 3 people were this age

16 – 18 - 3 people were this age

19 – 24 - 4 people were this age

25 – 44 - 37 people were this age

45 – 64 - 300 people were this age

65 – 80 - 955 people were this age

80 or over - 60 people were this age

53 people preferred not to state their age

Disabilities

129 people said they have a

disability which affects their

ability to get out and about

168 people said they have a

disability which doesn’t affect

their ability to get out and about

1032 people said they do not

have a disability

77 People preferred not to say

When people were asked is they had access

to drive a car, van or motorcycle;

1036 people said YES

356 People said NO

Ethnicity and Religion

White British— 1251 people

White Irish— 13 people

Gypsy/Irish Traveller— 1 person

Any Other White background— 7 people

Asian/Asian British – Bangladeshi— 2 person

Black/Black British – Caribbean— 1 person

Any Other Black background— 1 person

Mixed ethnic background— 2 people

(White and Asian )

Mixed ethnic background— 1 person

(White and Black Caribbean)

Any other Mixed background— 3 People

Any other ethnic group— 3 People

Prefer not to say— 127 People

What is your religion?

No Religion - 323 people

Buddhist - 3 people

Christian - 842 people

Hindu - 1 person

Jewish - 2 people

Muslim - 3 people

Other - 31 people

Prefer not to say - 197 people