Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 127359

Special Educational Needs: Transport

Tabled: 14 April 2026

Answered: 22 April 2026

Question

Charlotte Cane

Liberal Democrat — Ely and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to account for the costs of transporting SEND students to school in rural areas when making future funding allocations.

Answer

Georgia Gould

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. The Settlement uses relative needs formulae to assess each local au...

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