Schools: Transport
Commons · Question 66283 · Tabled 9 Jul 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Charlotte Nichols
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review the statutory walking distance for free school transport.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 17 Jul 2025
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 attend...