Schools: Transport
Commons · Question 901015 · Tabled 29 Oct 2024 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Chris Ward
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
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 4 Nov 2024
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...