ALMOST one in four Scots now hold a concessionary bus pass entitling them to free travel, with the scheme costing the Scottish Government £181 million in the past financial year.
The latest statistics on bus travel reveal 1,262,261 people in Scotland possessed a free bus pass in January this year, equivalent to 24% of the population.
The figure includes 1,074,616 people aged over 60, making up 85% of all bus pass holders. The remainder were visually impaired or disabled.
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