HC Deb 08 July 1971 vol 820 c426W
15. Mr. Ashton

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will amend the regulations relating to free travel to school for children living more than three miles from school to include all areas where the boundary line bisects streets and segregates children who have to travel on the same bus.

Mrs. Thatcher

No. Local education authorities already have discretionary powers to pay for the transport of children who live nearer to school than the statutory walking distances and it is for them to decide whether to use these powers to avoid the situation described by the hon. Member.