Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of students aged between 16 to 18 unable to participate in education, jobs or training because they are unable to afford the associated transport costs.

The Department for Education does not hold this information. However, most young people have access to a discount or concession on local travel from their local transport providers, their local authority, or from their education or training provider. The £180million bursary fund is also available to support young people with the costs associated with attending education or training, and transport is the biggest single area of expenditure for which this fund is used.