§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children have used home to school transport in Greater London, in each of the last five years, broken down by local education authority. [170500]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe information requested is not collected by my Department. However, a joint survey conducted in 2003 by the Confederation of Education Service Managers (ConfEd) and DfES into the number of pupils receiving free home to school transport in 2001/02 is reported in the following table:
LEA number LEA name Pupils1 receiving free home- school transport (2001/02)
201 City of London 38 202 Camden 680 203 Greenwich2 0 204 Hackney2 0 205 Hammersmith and Fulham 253 206 Islington 111 207 Kensington and Chelsea 610 208 Lambeth 1,585 209 Lewisham 1,636 210 Southwark2 0 211 Tower Hamlets 688 212 Wandsworth 440 213 Westminster2 0 301 Barking and Dagenham2 0 302 Barnet 1,741 303 Bexley 1,005 304 Brent 697 305 Bromley2 0 306 Croydon2 0 307 Ealing 2,151 308 Enfield 1,758 309 Haringey2 0 310 Harrow2 0 311 Havering 1,250 312 Hillingdon 2,342 313 Hounslow 480 314 Kingston upon Thames 843 315 Merton2 0 316 Newham 446 317 Redbridge 2,916 318 Richmond upon Thames 644 319 Sutton 1,459 320 Waltham Forest 476 Total 24,249 1 Primary, secondary, special school and other pupils. 2 Did not respond.