Written questions

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 ...