Question follow-through · 4522
Transport: Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of introducing a permanent exemption from Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations requirements for closed-door school transport services that d
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 12 Jun 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of introducing a permanent exemption from Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations requirements for closed-door school transport services that d
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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12 Jun 2026
Answer published
This Government strongly supports the aims of PSVAR and breaking down the barriers to opportunity. We believe that children and young people should be able to choose to travel to and from school with their classmates if they wish to. However, progress wit...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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