The National Entitlement Card is a Scottish public services smartcard. Since implementation of the scheme in 2006 over 1.4 million cards have been issued to Scottish citizens. As well as supporting the national concessionary travel schemes, some councils also use the card to support their local library and leisure services.
Cards issued to young people are able to support cashless catering, school libraries, registration, controlled access, and show and go services (e.g. Young Scot discounts) and the nationally accredited Proof of Age Scheme.
The new national Card Management System went live on Monday 23 March 2009. The OneScotland Card Management System replaces the interim system that was put in place to support the national concessionary fare scheme. As well as supporting concessionary travel, the new system will allow commercial travel ticketing and other applications, and will allow councils to add products and services to cards that have already been issued. More information can be found in the news story that accompanied the launch.
For more information on the National Entitlement Card Scheme, contact Sid Bulloch, NEC Programme Manager.
