Question follow-through · 24863
Walking: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to review the use by local authorities of Road Safety GB’s Assessment of Walked Routes to Schools Guidelines when determining eligibility for free home-to-school travel.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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- Special Educational Needs: Surrey Heath · 15 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to review the use by local authorities of Road Safety GB’s Assessment of Walked Routes to Schools Guidelines when determining eligibility for free home-to-school travel.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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8 Sept 2026
Answer published
Local authorities are responsible for assessing route safety to determine whether a child is eligible for free home to school travel. This includes deciding how they will assess route safety. Some authorities use the Assessment of Walked Routes to Schools...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Special Educational Needs: Surrey Heath
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support SEND pupils who are over 16 with home-school transport provision in Surrey Heath constituency.