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Special Educational Needs: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what transport support is available for SEND families (a) in cases where a child is placed in a specialist setting but is not yet of compulsory school age and (b) in other instances.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
16 Oct 2025
Answer
4 Nov 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what transport support is available for SEND families (a) in cases where a child is placed in a specialist setting but is not yet of compulsory school age and (b) in other instances.

  2. 16 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    ​​The Education Act 1996 requires local authorities to arrange free home to school travel for eligible children. A child is eligible if they are of compulsory school age, 5 to 16, attend their nearest school and would not be able to walk there because of ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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