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How many local transport providers, if any, used taxis to drive eligible children between home and their school as part of specialised school transport assistance (SESTA) in 2024?

Answered Question 28138 (2026)
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Priyanca Radhakrishnan

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many local transport providers, if any, used taxis to drive eligible children between home and their school as part of specialised school transport assistance (SESTA) in 2024?

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Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Education

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I am advised by the Ministry of Education that in 2024 there were eight Specialised School Transport Assistance providers who were also Taxi companies. They used a combination of sedans and minivans to deliver services.