Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to local authorities for home to school travel in each financial year since 2014-15.
The majority of central government funding for home to school transport is made available to local authorities through the local government finance settlement provided by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Additional funding is provided each year by the Department for Education to support local authorities in meeting their ‘extended rights’ duties for children from low-income families. The level of funding is determined by the number of free school meal pupils eligible for extended rights transport.
Extended Rights (ER) funding provided by the Department for Education since 2014-15
2014-15 ER allocations |
| 2015-16 ER allocations |
| 2016-17 ER allocations |
| 2017-18 ER allocations |
| 2018-19 ER allocations | 2018-19 additional ER allocations |
£25,057,300 |
| £19,089,032 |
| £18,809,200 |
| £18,791,800 |
| £19,023,900 | £4,757,300 |