Changes to free bus passes for the elderly in Warwickshire could be possible as the county council has announced a review into the scheme.

Warwickshire County Council currently subsidises a 9am start time for bus passes for eligible older people and disabled people. 

This is in addition to the basic national entitlement, which gives free off-peak bus travel between 9.30am until 11pm on weekdays and all day at weekends and on public holidays.  

But the council has now launched a survey to find out how residents use their bus passes to see whether changes should be made to the subsidised part of the scheme.

The service was last reviewed in 2017 when councillors decided to retain the bus pass scheme without any changes. 

Cllr Wallace Redford, WCC portfolio holder for transport and planning said: "The review carried out five years ago led to the choice of a 9am start time being retained across the county as it offered the greatest benefit to the greatest number of residents.  

"At that time, cabinet agreed that this would be looked at again during summer 2022. 

"So now we are asking customers about how they use their bus passes, as well as about the service they have received from both the county council and the bus operators. 

"We will take their responses into account as we review the discretionary elements of the service." 

The questionnaire is available for anyone to fill in online via a link at www.warwickshire.gov.uk/concessionarytravel or through the Ask Warwickshire website. 

The closing date for responses is 11 September. 

The council has also sent out paper versions of the questionnaire.