Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what figures her Department holds on total local authority spending on school travel in each of the last five years, including the amount spent on (a) discretionary services, (b) statutory services and (c) travel for SEN and other eligible groups.

The available information on local authority expenditure on home to school transport is published online.

For 2008-09 and 2009-10:

webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130903115029/http://education.gov.uk/schools/adminandfinance/financialmanagement/schoolsrevenuefunding/section251/archive/b0068383/section-251-data-archive/outturn-data---detailed-level-2008-09-onwards

For 2010-11:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-and-school-expenditure-on-education-childrens-services-and-social-care-2010-to-2011

For 2011-12:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/expenditure-on-education-children-and-young-peoples-services-academic-year-2011-to-2012

For 2012-13:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/la-and-school-expenditure-financial-year-2012-to-2013