Special Educational Needs: Transport
Commons · Question 29822 · Tabled 6 Feb 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Chris Coghlan
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
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 12 Feb 2025
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...