HC Deb 29 October 1998 vol 318 c231W
Mr. Sutcliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assistance he will give to improving school transport and encouraging local authorities to extend the school bus pass system. [56214]

Mr. Charles Clarke

[holding answer 26 October 1998]: In conjunction with the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions and the Department of Health, we have set up a School Travel Advisory Group to look at all aspects of home to school transport. This held its inaugural meeting, with a wide range of interested organisations, on 13 October and it will make recommendations in due course.