Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 6638

Schools: Transport

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 9 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Dr Neil Hudson

ConservativeEpping Forest

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's guidance for local authorities entitled Travel to school for children of compulsory school age, published in January 2024, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of Pa

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The department’s home to school transport policy aims to make sure that no child is prevented from accessing education due to a lack of transport. Local authorities must arrange free travel to school for children of compulsory school age, 5 to 16, who att...

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