Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to require all state and independent schools to develop a school travel plan.

The Department does not have plans to legislate to require all schools to develop school travel plans, but Local Authorities have a statutory duty to promote sustainable home to school travel.

The Modeshift STARS education scheme, which is supported by the Department for Transport and Active Travel England, supports schools and Local Authorities to develop and monitor school travel plans. More information can be found here: http://www.modeshiftstars.org/.

The Department’s Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy commits to support the Department for Transport in delivering initiatives to increase active and safe travel to school to improve wellbeing, reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality, such as Bikeability, Walk to School Outreach and School Streets.