Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 901015

Schools: Transport

Tabled: 29 October 2024
Answered: 4 November 2024
Named Day

Question

Chris Ward

LabourBrighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of revising the eligibility rules for free school transport.

Answer

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

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