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Schools: Taxis |
| Question ID: |
1786619 |
| UIN: |
HL5946 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4689 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Agnew of Oulton
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Agnew of Oulton
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the total expenditure on taxis for school transport in England in the 2023–24 financial year, broken down by local authority; and what was the highest per-mile rate paid for taxi journeys compared |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-04 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
269 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answer text: |
Local authorities are responsible for arranging free home to school travel for eligible children. The department collects data on the total amount each local authority spends, broken down by phase of education and by two broad categories of eligibility – ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |