Question follow-through · 61690
Transport: Schools and Further Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to review the funding framework for post-16 (a) school and (b) college transport, in the context of the requirement for participation in education or training until the age of 18.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 20 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to review the funding framework for post-16 (a) school and (b) college transport, in the context of the requirement for participation in education or training until the age of 18.
24 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2025
Answer published
The department recognises that the cost and availability of transport can present difficulties for some students, including those in rural areas. However, the responsibility for post-16 transport lies with local authorities, who have a duty to publish a t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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