This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Make child public transport fairs for people up to the age of eighteen
Legally children under the age of 16 cannot work. In some cases this has shown to be unfair when considering public transport. We think that child fares should go up to the age of eighteen as no one can get a full time job until the age of 18.
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Some families that don’t produce a particularly good income, have to allow the own children to pay for things that they cannot produce themselves. An example is my case, I have a good source of income for a 16 year old with about £40 a month. Although this is decent a adult train ticket to London (off peak) is £18.50 that is just under half of my monthly income.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Aged-based transport fares are not set by the UK Government. For buses, local bus companies are free to set their own fares. For trains, the fares are set by train operating companies.
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