Petition · past parliament · Department for Transport

Fund free travel for Under 18s

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Under 18s have free travel on TfL Services (excluding Trains, Thameslink etc.). Free travel for Under 18s wil be scrapped as part of the Governments £1.6 billion bailout of Transport for London (TfL).
A London Assembly member stated, “The government’s plans to revoke free travel for under-18s in our capital is nothing short of an attack on our children and they need to be urgently taken off the table”. As a young adult, I know how this’ll affect those around me. This is unjust and unfair, especially to those families claiming Universal Credit and other related benefits.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

29 Jul 2020 Petition opened for signatures
29 Jul 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Department Department for Transport
Opened 29 Jul 2020
Rejected 29 Jul 2020

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