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The government and Heidi Alexander claimed over 14.5m children used a free bus scheme this August. That’s not correct. In fact, over 14.5m *journeys* were made (by far fewer children). There are only about 7.5m children of the right age in England.

fullfact.orgGovernment wrong to claim over 14.5 million children used free bus scheme – Full FactA figure quoted by the Department for Transport and transport secretary counts journeys, not children. Only about 7.5 million children in England are the right age.

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