HC Deb 10 March 1999 vol 327 c215W
Mr. Sawford

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will review the current statutory three-mile requirement for the provision of free school transport. [74820]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The School Travel Advisory Group, formed with the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Department of Health and other interested parties, together with officials in my Department, is already considering the legislation governing home-to-school transport, including the three-mile walking distance, and will offer advice in due course.