Question follow-through · 17049
Special Educational Needs: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps they are taking to support local councils to be able to provide young people with Special Educational Needs with school transport.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 8 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps they are taking to support local councils to be able to provide young people with Special Educational Needs with school transport.
14 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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14 Jul 2026
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 children of compulsory school age who attend their nearest...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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