Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 29822

Special Educational Needs: Transport

Tabled: 6 February 2025
Answered: 12 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Chris Coghlan

Liberal DemocratDorking and Horley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to local authorities for SEND transport for the 2025-26 financial year.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
Most central government funding for home-to-school travel is provided through the local government finance settlement administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. This government recognises the challenges local authorities ar...

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