Deadline approaches for MP’s school transport inquiry
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Tuesday 11 November 2025
This applies in England only.
This week we are submitting evidence to the Public Accounts Committee’s home-to-school transport inquiry.
If you replied to our transport for 16-19 year olds survey – thank you! Your replies have helped us produce robust and up-to-date evidence on school and college transport and the impact felt by young people and their families.
If you didn’t get the chance to do the survey, your child is a different age, or you have more to say on transport, you can submit your own evidence to the inquiry. They want to hear from organisations and individuals – and it’s easy to do.
What are they asking?
The committee are asking about home to school transport for disabled students of all ages. They are looking at how to manage rising demand, available support for young people; and efforts to contain costs.
What is Contact telling the inquiry?
We will be telling them about the importance of transport for disabled children and young people who often have to travel further just to get the education that meets their needs. Often these children cannot travel independently or use public transport.
We will highlight the issues at 16 where discretionary transport is less likely to be suitable. Or it might not meet the needs of the young person or family – like a Personal Transport Budget that is not close to covering the cost of transport, or a bus pass for someone who cannot use public transport.
We will also illustrate the impact on young people and families when transport is not provided. We will show what it can mean for attendance, parent carer employment and family finances.
How to give your views
You can give your views online.
The deadline has been extended to Friday 28 November.
You can just write in a document and upload it as an attachment. There is not a form to fill in. Try to keep it short and to the point. And note that the committee are not there to help solve any current transport issues.
You don’t have to answer these questions and can simply focus on your experience as a parent carer. Tell them why transport support is important to you and your child. Tell them if it has recently changed (or if you think it will change at 16), and what the impact might be on your child and you as a family.
For your child, you could think about their ability to travel independently; whether transport helps them attend school or college; if they have a community or friends on transport; and the effect on them if this was removed.
For your family, you could consider whether transport helps you stay in employment; the financial – and time – pressure of parents providing transport; and the impact on siblings.
