Evaluation of the free bus travel pilot for people seeking asylum
The purpose of this evaluation is to determine whether the pilot has met its goals of helping people seeking asylum to attend essential legal and health appointments at a time when they are generally not allowed to work to support themselves and their families or to access public funds.
Information collected will be used to inform consideration of proceeding with this policy including future affordability and value for money and to determine if it has supported people seeking asylum to integrate into society in line with the Scottish Government’s New Scots Strategy.
Share your feedback
People seeking asylum
The survey is available in English, Amharic, Arabic, Dari, Farsi (Persian), Kurdish Sorani, Pashto, Somali, Tigrinya, Urdu and Vietnamese.
If you wish to reply in English, Amharic, Arabic, Farsi (Persian), Urdu or Vietnamese please use the following link and select your language from the drop down list at the top: Questionnaire for participants
If you wish to reply in one of the following languages, please use the links below:
Kurdish Sorani: ڕاپرسی بۆ بەشداربووان (Kurdish Sorani)
Pashto: د ګډونوالو لپاره پوښتنلیک (Pashto)
Somali: Su'aalo-weydiin loogu talagalay ka qaybgalayaasha (Somali)
Tigrinya: ናይ ተሳተፍቲ መሕተቲ (Tigrinya)
Dari: پرسشنامه برای اشتراک کنندگان (Dari)
The deadline for completion of this survey is 31 March 2026.
We are aware that filling in a form in these ways may not be accessible to all and will supplement this approach with focus groups. We are also happy to receive any further feedback on the pilot to concessionarytravel@transport.gov.scot.
Organisations
As part of the evaluation, we are also asking participating organisations to give feedback on the pilot. It should not take more than ten minutes.
The deadline for completion of the survey is 14 April 2026.