Schools: Taxis
Commons · Question 113043 · Tabled 12 Feb 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Gregory Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether independent assessment processes exist to monitor the changing costs for local authorities' expenditure on taxi provision to schools.
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 26 Feb 2026
Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.Local authorities are responsible for arranging home-to-school travel for eligible children and use a mix of in-house services, passes for free travel on public tra...