HC Deb 05 December 1977 vol 940 c546W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what would be the additional cost to the Exchequer and for local ratepayers if the present minimum distances for which schoolchildren could travel to school by bus, free of charge, were ended.

Miss Margaret Jackson

This information is not available and an estimate could not be made without conducting a survey of all local education authorities and transport undertakings.