Purpose

Proposed updates to the Post 16
Transport Policy Statement aligning with Department for Education
statutory guidance. The proposed changes have been subject to a
public consultation.

Content

Option 1 – all
recommendations are approved
 
Recommendation 1:
Introduce a flat rate annual parental contribution, with
inflation-linked increases also being applied in future
years.
 
Recommendation 2: To
reword and update the Council’s Policy to align it with the
latest Department for Education statutory guidance.
 
Recommendation 3:
Introduce Personal Transport Budgets (PTB’s) to be available
to families where a child or young person’s needs or
circumstances mean that suitable transport is difficult to find, or
not available at all, in the local operator market.