Ms Andrea Lennon:

In regard to the comment on whether we are getting the balance right on transport, I wish to make members aware that, since the start of the year, we have undertaken a review of our modelling on transport. Part of that study is to look at the distributional and socioeconomic impacts leading to just transition. We hope to have the output of that study this summer. It should help us understand the impact of some of the measures we are putting in place and whether we are getting the balance right, looking at the user benefits and affordability, being able to break down the population by zone, by rural areas, by transport, by time of day, and that question of deprivation. It will help us to understand who has the choices and options in terms of non-car-based transport. On the point of the school transport, part of the modelling is throwing up some possible additional measures we could apply.

One of those was looking at a reduction in escort to education private car use. There could be some benefits there for carbon reduction and it is an area in which we will do a little more work with possible measures.