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Pupils: Transport

Volume 462: debated on Wednesday 11 July 2007

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Annette Brooke

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) whether parents will need to demonstrate that (a) they are registered disabled and (b) that they have been assessed for a certain level of community care services for home to school transport to be provided to their children, with reference to sections 87 and 88 of his Department's guidance on home to school travel and transport; (148439)

(2) whether home to school transport will be provided to children if their parent's disability varies in severity from day to day, with reference to sections 87 and 88 of his Department's guidance on home to school travel and transport;

(3) whether home to school transport will be provided to children in circumstances where they have parents with disabilities who are in receipt of support from community care services, with reference to sections 87 and 88 of his Department's guidance on home to school travel and transport.

Jim Knight

[holding answer 9 July 2007]: It is for the local authorities to ensure that their policies and practice take account of the provisions of disability discrimination legislation, when determining entitlement to free home to school transport.