Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 113043

Schools: Taxis

Tabled: 12 February 2026

Answered: 26 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Mr Gregory Campbell

Democratic Unionist Party — East Londonderry

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether independent assessment processes exist to monitor the changing costs for local authorities' expenditure on taxi provision to schools.

Answer

Georgia Gould

Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.Local authorities are responsible for arranging home-to-school travel for eligible children and use a mix of in-house services, passes for free travel on public tra...

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