Mileage rate for transporting ASN child to school

GwylimT

Ours pays 24p per mile, it used to be 28p. When our youngest starts school he'll need a taxi plus a carer because of his medical equipment on the days I'm unable to drive him.

System

cattermole wrote: »

Hold your horses here guys before you start criticising parents for claiming mileage for taking their child to school!!

If they are in a special school, they are transported by the LEA. Please read the 7 miles he is taking them. This isn't a new phenomenon all Children in Special schools get help with transport or should do. If they attend a mainstream school that they would have done anyway with or without a disability (they don't get help with transport unless there are other factors). It is also recorded on the Statement or should be regarding Transport. Parents with children with severe disabilities who are placed in Special Schools some distance away get transport provided and rightly so. For all sorts of reasons that I don't think a parent should have to justify when they have a severely disabled child,. Some in this situation do transport themselves and are therefore entitled to reclaim a small mileage amount to cover the cost of fuel.

OP in our LA going back many moons ago it was 20p so 25p sounds about right. It will probably vary from LA to LA but I doubt by much,

My dd was attending a special school while it was nice and easier for me to have her transported it didn't work out so we took on the expense.

Tigsteroonie

Not sure what they pay here - our son is picked up on an escorted minibus and taken the 2.6 miles to SEN school.

And, yes, we could take him ourselves, especially as we have a Motability car for his benefit. But hey - if the council wants to throw another freebie at us (school transport) - who are we to argue?

bigbulldog

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

Not sure what they pay here - our son is picked up on an escorted minibus and taken the 2.6 miles to SEN school.

And, yes, we could take him ourselves, especially as we have a Motability car for his benefit. But hey - if the council wants to throw another freebie at us (school transport) - who are we to argue?

We have people like you in our road that just keep abusing the system and make it harder for genuine people that really need to use it,but hey:mad::mad:

And you even gloat that you have a mobility car that is for his benefit.....:mad:

Indie_Kid

bigbulldog wrote: »

We have people like you in our road that just keep abusing the system and make it harder for genuine people that really need to use it,but hey:mad::mad:

And you even gloat that you have a mobility car that is for his benefit.....:mad:

I'm not sure what your problem is at all. It's possible (and no, I don't know Tigerster's situation) that she and her partner work; so aren't in a position to drop their child to school and get to work on time.

kingfisherblue

My son is collected by a minibus supplied by the local council. It isn't so much that it is a freebie getting him to school (I take my younger son to school just round the corner). It is more for my son's benefit socially and to encourage him to have a level of independence from me. In some ways it would be easier for me to take him and collect him. I'm in the same area anyway, and some days I have to take his wheelchair into school (he uses it for anything away from the school, and special schools take the children on trips to the supermarket, library, walks int he local area, etc quite a lot). I wouldn't have to have my son ready for 8am, or have to wait in at 4pm (I could pick both boys up from respective schools and go straight out somewhere, saving time). However, my son will never be independent, but I feel that it is important not to be totally reliant on me. He needs to be able to accept the help that he needs from other people, such as the escort and driver. He also enjoys chatting to other children - there are up to twelve children on his bus, aged from 4-16.


I don't work, but I know other parents who do work, and wouldn't be able to take their children to school themselves - no breakfast clubs exist in our special schools, but many (most?) mainstream primary schools have this facility for working parents. So that is another reason that some parents don't take their children into school, but use the minibus provided instead.


ETA: where has the Thanks button gone? Indie, if it has reappeared by the time I have edited this, I will click on your post. If it doesn't reappear, please accept that I do thank your comments.

Indie_Kid

kingfisherblue wrote: »

ETA: where has the Thanks button gone? Indie, if it has reappeared by the time I have edited this, I will click on your post. If it doesn't reappear, please accept that I do thank your comments.

It can take a few minutes to appear, I've found.

Ettenna

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

Not sure what they pay here - our son is picked up on an escorted minibus and taken the 2.6 miles to SEN school.

And, yes, we could take him ourselves, especially as we have a Motability car for his benefit. But hey - if the council wants to throw another freebie at us (school transport) - who are we to argue?

They say there that they could take the child and have the transportation to do it but choose not to!!

toomuchinfo

Our council pays 65p per day wear and tear on the car plus 20p per mile. They need proof that your insurance company know that you are using the car for 'reward'.

cattermole

Rubbish re "reward" claiming back expenses is not reward in that case every single Council employee who used their vehicle for work would need "reward" cover they just need business cover.

It is not a "freebie" having your child transported to school it is the duty of the Local Authority to do so in law.