Question follow-through · 109000
Schools: Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues to local Government on safeguarding procedures for drivers transporting pupils to and from school.
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
- 27 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 4 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues to local Government on safeguarding procedures for drivers transporting pupils to and from school.
29 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Feb 2026
Answer published
Local authorities are responsible for arranging free home-to-school travel for eligible children. The department publishes statutory guidance to assist local authorities in meeting their duties.The statutory guidance makes clear that local authorities mus...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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