§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales how much of the total cost of school transport he estimates could be recovered from parents by imposing a standard charge of 7p per journey.
§ Mr. Barry JonesInformation relating to Wales alone is not available, but it is estimated that if pupils now receiving free transport to and from school in England and Wales as a whole paid 7p a journey the yield would be about £26 million a year or 40 per cent of the present total cost.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total cost of providing free school transport in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Wales in 1974.
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§ Mr. Barry JonesThe total cost of providing school transport in primary and secondary schools in Wales in the financial year 1973–74 was £1,009,483 and £2,714,252 respectively.