Oh I see, its the "you said, I said " game.

I think the context the comment of ?1 to travel into London was said in was self explanitory really. Maybe not though eh.

I think you are again missing / avoiding the point.
The children were travelling from their school to a place of interest. Where they live has no baring on the matter at all.
The point is, the school are choosing to use the buses to get out on trips, rather than booking expensive coaches. Therefore 50 seats on the bus go unpaid for.

No idea on the schooling/ location matter, but as I said before its got nothing to do with bus fares really, so irrelivent.

I am inclined to agree with the Guy Fawkes comment... I wonder if he claimed for the gun powder on expences?