Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 18842

Further Education: Bus Services

Tabled: 9 December 2024

Answered: 19 December 2024

Question

Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing ring-fenced funding to post-16 colleges to fund bus transport for students.

Answer

Janet Daby

The department recognises that the cost and availability of public transport can be an issue for some 16 to 19-year-olds when travelling to their college or sixth form.It is the responsibility of local authorities to put in place transport arrangements to...

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