HC Deb 25 January 2000 vol 343 c155W
Mr. Kidney

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment the School Travel Advisory Group has made of the contribution that the use of school buses can make to reducing traffic congestion. [106163]

Jacqui Smith

The School Travel Advisory Group (STAG), which presented its report to Ministers on 13 January, has made a number of recommendations in relation to school travel. A copy of the report has been placed in the Library. In particular, STAG has commissioned research into best practice on increasing bus use for journeys to school, to report in June 2000.