Minnerva's Andrew Last has played a key role in advising local authorities and operators on concessionary travel reimbursement.

Legislation stemming from the 1985 Transport Act requires that concessionary travel reimbursement arrangements leave operators “no better, and no worse off”, but this requires hypotheses about concessionary passenger reaction to low fares, and operator reaction to higher passenger numbers.

Large sums of money are involved (frequently representing a quarter of a bus operator's income), and there is substantial scope for dispute.

Clients for whom he has worked include:

The Department for Transport
Welsh Assembly Government
The Scottish Executive
The Passenger Transport Executive Group and most of the English Passenger Transport Executives
Local Government Association
Various English Transport Concession Authorities
Association of Train Operating Companies
First Group
Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
MCL Ltd
JMP Ltd
WSP Ltd
Integrated Transport Planning Ltd
Scott Wilson Ltd
Peter Brett Associates
JMP Consultants Ltd
MVA Ltd

(Contact: Andrew Last )