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Written question asked by David Simpson (Democratic Unionist Party) on Wednesday, 12 December 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 December 2018. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Thursday, 20 December 2018 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Schools: Transport

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much central government funding has been spent on school transport in each of the last three years.

Answer

The majority of central Government funding for home to school transport is made available to local authorities through the local Government finance settlement from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

This funding is not ring fenced. It is for local authorities to decide how they spend the total amount of funding available to them, through this and other sources.

Data showing how much local authorities spend on home to school transport during 2017-18 can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/la-and-school-expenditure-2017-to-2018-financial-year.

Data for previous years is available here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/section-251-materials.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
201594
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Finance Schools Transport
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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