§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list(a) the average number of school children in England travelling by school transport each day and (b) the number of (i) fatalities and (ii) injuries of school children involved in road accidents associated with school transport in each of the last five years. [42423]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonThe average number of children (aged 4–16) resident in Great Britain in 1992–96 who travelled to school by bus each day was about 1.7 million. Of these, about 0.5 million used a school bus.
The number of road accident casualties in England who were school pupils going to or from school by bus or coach is as shown for each of the last five years for which figures are available. It is not, however, possible to identify how many of these were travelling in a school bus.
School child casualties (aged 4–16) travelling to or from school by bus, coach or minibus in England Year Killed Injured 1992 1 530 1993 1 708 1994 1 536 1995 0 568 1996 1 761