Motability: Parents
Commons · Question 71479 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by David Simmonds
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities on taking into account the provision of Motability Scheme transport to parents when considering requests for the provision of home to school trans
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 3 Oct 2025
The department issues statutory guidance for local authorities on travel to school for children of compulsory school age, 5 to 16. This explains that a child’s eligibility for free travel is not affected by any further benefits or allowances a parent may ...