Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives from local authorities on the provision of home to school transport in advance of the reopening of schools on 1 June 2020.

The Department has been in regular contact with local authorities during the period of partial school closure and in preparation for the phased wider opening of schools from 1 June, and these conversations will continue. This has included meetings with representatives of local authority home to school transport teams.