§ Sir Raymond Gowerasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will direct local authorities in the provision of free school transport, to have more regard to the nature and physical circumstances of the route between a pupil's home and his or her school.
§ Mr. Barry JonesLocal education authorities are required to provide free transport for journeys in excess of the prescribed walking distances and have discretion to make more generous arrangements. I am satisfied that in exercising this discretion authorities take proper 923W account, within the resources available to them, of the nature and circumstances of the routes in question.