Companion Entitlement

If your mobility is such that you require to be accompanied when travelling, you can apply for a National Entitlement Card containing the companion entitlement (C+1) to allow a companion travel free of charge with you for the same journey by bus.

You will qualify for the companion entitlement if you receive the higher or middle rate of the care component of Disability Living Allowance; or you receive Attendance Allowance/ Constant Attendance Allowance; or you are registered blind; or you live in a care or residential home and eligible to receive the higher or middle rate of the care component Disability Living Allowance or Attendance Allowance.

You will be required to provide a copy of an award notice from the Department of Work and Pensions dated within the last 12 months or a copy of your blind registration certificate.

Your companion can vary from journey to journey and you may travel with or without a companion. Your companion must travel with you and may not travel without the cardholder. If your companion wishes to remain on the bus after you (the cardholder) has left then they will be required to pay the appropriate fare to the driver.

There is no need for you to be accompanied on all bus journeys you make as you have the choice of whether to travel alone or have someone travel with you.

Your companion must be over the age of 5 years.