❓ Hon Ken Travers asks the Public Transport Authority (PTA) to estimate the number of eligible people who don't claim or fully claim their conveyance allowance. The PTA responds that it's impossible to estimate this figure as payment is application-based.
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(1) Can the Public Transport Authority provide an estimate of the number of people, who are eligible but do not claim a conveyance allowance, or do not claim their full entitlement each year?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
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Answered
19 May 2009
Responded by
Minister for Transport
Response time
42 days
(1) No.
(2) As conveyance allowance is entitlement based and is only paid once an application has been received and approved by the Public Transport Authority, it is not possible to estimate the number of people who could be eligible for transport assistance but have not applied.
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(2) As conveyance allowance is entitlement based and is only paid once an application has been received and approved by the Public Transport Authority, it is not possible to estimate the number of people who could be eligible for transport assistance but have not applied.
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