Private vehicle conveyance subsidy (PVC)

Information about PVC

Transport for NSW administers the Private Vehicle Conveyance (PVC) subsidy. The subsidy is available to NSW residents where there is no public transport (government or private operators) available to transport an eligible student for all or part of the journey to school. The PVC subsidy is only intended to offset the cost of using a private vehicle to drive the eligible student and is not intended to cover all costs.

Eligibility

View details on PVC eligibility criteria and the terms and conditions .

How to apply

Application forms for Private Vehicle Conveyance are available from your school. Once completed the application form must be sent to the address provided below.

View instructions on how to complete the PVC Application .

Contact us

Please send all correspondence, including completed application forms, to the following address:

PVC Subsidy Applications
Department of Transport
Locked Bag 5085
Parramatta NSW 2124

You can also send correspondence via fax to 02 9891 8985.

For further assistance or enquiries please contact us at 1800 010 123 (toll free) or 02 9891 8900, or email pvc@transport.nsw.gov.au.

View the current daily PVC subsidy rates .

Ministerial Review of the Private Vehicle Conveyance Scheme

On 29 April 2008, the NSW Government released the Interim Report of the Review of the Private Vehicle Conveyance (PVC) Subsidy.

A copy of the PVC Review Interim Report is available here .

The objective of the review was to identify concerns regarding current practice within the PVC subsidy and to examine potential and practical solutions. The aims of the review were to:

Make the PVC subsidy more equitable, transparent, administratively simple
Reduce the risk of overpayments
Review the rationale, payment model and procedures
Make the subsidy more sustainable.

The key recommendations of the Interim Report include:

Payment calculated by family instead of by student
Payment based on a flat per kilometer rate
Payment on the basis of an audited average school attendance rate
Abolish the 300 km cap
Abolish the requirement that travel be solely for transporting the child to education, as long as all other eligibility is met
Expansion of the number of subsidised trips for distance education students.

The Report was submitted to the Minister for Transport, David Campbell in May 2009. Its recommendations remain under review.

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