§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received about the recent increases in bus fares so far as they affect schoolchildren living within the statutory limits; and whether he will review the limits in order to assist those who are the worst affected.
§ Mr. MulleyMy Department has received 53 representations on this subject in the last six months. The question of statutory walking distances cannot be considered in isolation, but the difficulties facing the parents of these children are184W taken into account in the consultative document on revised school transport arrangements to which I refered in answer to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Wrexham (Mr. Ellis) on 29th October—[Vol. 898, c. 499–501.] I will send the hon. Member a copy of the document.