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Special Educational Needs: Motability

Asked by Shivani RajaConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 23 March 2026UIN 121646

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children receiving SEND transport support where the responsible adult has access to a vehicle through the Motability Scheme.

Answered by Georgia Gould

The Education Act 1996 requires local authorities to arrange free home-to-school travel for eligible children. A child’s eligibility is not affected by any further benefits or allowances they or their parents may receive.

The department does not collect or hold information about the number of children receiving home to school travel from their local authority where the responsible adult has access to a vehicle through the Motability Scheme.

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