HC Deb 09 January 1996 vol 269 c155W
Mr. Chidgey

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what are her Department's guidelines for taking into account the environmental impact of the increased distances pupils must be driven to school when their local schools are closed. [8110]

Mr. Robin Squire

The Department's circular on the supply of school places, 23/94 says that proposals for school closure should include details of the schools to receive displaced pupils and the arrangements that will be made for pupil transport.