Guidance: Free school travel: funding allocations

Funding for local authorities to spend on home-to-school travel for children from low-income families in 2016 to 2020.

Documents

Extended rights for home-to-school travel: grant determination letter, 2019 to 2020 financial year

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Details

The spreadsheet shows how much funding local authorities received for free school travel in each financial year from 2016 to 2020.

Local authorities use this funding to pay for home-to-school travel. It’s for children from low-income families who go to school further from home than the statutory walking distances.

Funding is paid directly from DfE to local authorities in monthly installments as a Section 31 grant.

Contact

School travel team

Email[email protected]

Published 17 December 2014
Last updated 12 March 2019 + show all updates

1. 12 March 2019 Updated with 2019 to 2020 funding allocations.
2. 19 July 2018 Updated funding allocation spreadsheet.
3. 26 January 2018 Updated allocations for extended rights to free travel and general duty to promote sustainable travel, to reflect 2015 to 2019. Updated grant determination letter for 2018 to 2019.
4. 24 March 2017 Updated page with 2017 to 2018 allocations.
5. 21 April 2016 Updated allocations document to include data for the 2016 to 2017 financial year; added grant determination letter.
6. 17 December 2014 First published.