AQW 2031/22-27

Ms Connie Egan
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 23/06/2022
Answered On Date: 29/06/2022
Priority Written: Yes

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education whether she will review the criteria for pupils to qualify for the free Home to School Transport scheme.

Answer:

The existing home to school transport policy set out in Department of Education Circular 1996/41 (updated September 2009) was in the process of being reviewed when the pandemic hit and was subsequently put on hold. The review is now paused pending the outcome of the Independent Review of Education.

Any proposed changes to the structure of the Education system would have a fundamental impact on the home to school transport policy which would need to be considered before progressing any further with a review of transport.