Schools: Transport

Children, Schools and Families written question – answered am ar 30 Ebrill 2009.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Mike Penning Mike Penning Shadow Minister (Health)

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much was spent on school transport in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in the latest period for which figures are available.

Photo of Sarah McCarthy-Fry Sarah McCarthy-Fry Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Schools and Learners), Department for Children, Schools and Families

Figures are not available for the parliamentary Constituency of Hemel Hempstead as data are collected at a local authority level. The available information on how much was spent on school transport in the Hertfordshire local authority in the latest period for which figures are available (2007-08) is contained in the following table:

Net current expenditure on home to school transport
England 890,257,904
Hertfordshire 21,560,399
Notes:

1. 2007-08 data remain provisional and subject to change by local authority.

2. Data are drawn from local authorities' 2007-08 Section 52 Outturn Statements (Table A) submitted to the DCSF.

3. Cash term figures as reported by local authorities as at 23 April 2009.

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