Free School Buses Cost Pounds 500,000 ; Not As Much As Feared - Council
The Journal › October 29, 2008
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FREE bus transport for older students is set to leave Northumberland County Council with a pounds 500,000 bill. But councillors last night hailed the scheme to provide passes for A- level and college students as a massive success - and said it was likely to cost much less than feared.
The free pass has seen the number of teenagers using buses more than double, from 800 in July to 1,850 now. The county council took the decision to scrap fares after they rose to pounds 360 a year under the previous Labour administration.See the full content of this document
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Free School Buses Cost Pounds 500,000 ; Not As Much As Feared - Council
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