§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list(a) those local education authorities operating a three-to-two seats policy on school buses and (b) those local education authorities operating a policy of one child to one seat; what plans he has to change his Department's three children to two seats policy on school buses; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. KeyThe information requested is not kept centrally.
As part of a wider review of bus and coach safety my Department is reviewing the concession which allows three children, under the age of 14, to share a double seat and count as two passengers.
§ Mrs. GoldingTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to limit the number of young children that can be carried on coaches without the use of seatbelts to two on each seat.
§ Mr. KeyAs part of a wider review of bus and coach safety my Department is reviewing the concession which allows three children, under the age of 14, to share a double seat and count as two passengers.