Question follow-through · 76306
Special Educational Needs: Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the provision of school transportation for children with Special Educational Needs.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 19 Sept 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the provision of school transportation for children with Special Educational Needs.
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Sept 2025
Answer published
The department’s home-to-school travel policy aims to make sure no child is prevented from accessing education by a lack of transport. Local authorities must arrange free home-to-school travel for eligible children. This includes children of compulsory sc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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