Petition · past parliament

Stop any rises in travel passes for further education students

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Cornwall council has announced subsidised travel passes for further education students will cost more to purchase, with a possible 50% increase, although this seems like a local issue other local authorities may have similar plans and could affect students nationwide, prices are too high already.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Concessionary travel passes for further education students are the responsibility of local authorities, not the UK Government or Parliament.

You could raise this with your local council. You can find out who your local councillor is here:
https://www.gov.uk/find-your-local-councillors

You could start a petition asking for the UK Government to stop local councils from being able to raise the cost of concessionary travel passes by more than a certain amount.

Timeline

26 Feb 2017 Petition opened for signatures
8 Mar 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 8 Mar 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.